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THE UNITED KINGDOM’S GEOGRAPHY & LANDSCAPE

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their language, and their culture with them. Neither Canada nor the United States can truly understand their own identity without understanding the ancient land of Britain. Today, Great Britain consists of four nations: England to the south, Scotland to the north, Wales to the west, and Northern Ireland across the North Channel on the island it shares with the Republic of Ireland. Collectively, they are known as the United Kingdom. Rocks and Rivers, Mountains and Plains Britain’s land is truly ancient; the oldest rocks that form this island nation date back 2.6 billion years. This is the rugged foundation for the wild, mountainous scenery of Wales, Scotland, and Northern England. Because the United Kingdom is an island nation with a heavily indented coastline, wherever you are in Britain, you are no more than seventy-eight miles (125 kilometers) from the sea. England England’s land is mostly low hills and plains, with a long, jagged coastline that is cut by bays, coves, and estuaries. If you could stretch the coastline out straight, it would cover 1,988 miles (3,200 kilometers). Mountains called the Pennines, England’s backbone, split northern England into its western and 12