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in characteristics: Temperate, with warm summers, cold winters and plenty rainfall Three major features: ? Winter fog ? Rainy days ? Instability/changeability 3. Major Cities — London The River Thames ? the capital of England and of Great Britain ? the political center of the Commonwealth ? a major port ? one of the world39。 Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way, They stretched in neverending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. Lake poets The waves beside them danced。 E Total territory: 242,910 square kilometers Interesting Fact: No one in the UK lives more than 120 km (75 miles) from the sea. Topography Northern Ireland: It’s mostly hilly. Wales: It’s mostly mountainous. South Wales is less mountainous than North and Mid Wales. Scotland: Its geography is varied, with lowlands in the south and east and highlands in the north and west. England: it consists of lowland terrain, with some mountainous terrain in the northwest, north and southwest. Ben Nevis in Scotland — the highest point in UK Rivers and Lakes ? The longest river: Severn River (354 kilometers long) ? The second longest river: Thames (332 kilometers long) ? The largest Lake: Lough Neagh Thames Lake Distric