POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE GEOGRPAHY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

POLITICAL GEOGRAPHY AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

REGION	HEADQUARTERS OF THE GOVERNMENT	LARGER CITIES
SCOTLAND	EDINBURGH	GLASGOW
NORTHERN IRELAND	BELFAST	(LONDON)DERRY
NORTH EAST	NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE	DURHAM
NORTH WEST	SAINT HELENS	LIVERPOOL
YORKSHIRE & NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE	WAKEFIELD	YORK, LEEDS, LINCOLN
WALES	CARDIFF	SWANSEA
WEST MIDLANDS	BIRMINGHAM	SALISBURY
EAST MIDLANDS	MELTON MOWBRAY	NOTTINGHAM
EAST OF ENGLAND	FLEMPTON	NORWICH
GREATER LONDON	LONDON
SOUTH WEST	PLYMOUTH	TOURQUAY
SOUTH EAST	GUILDFORD	BRIGHTON
OUTER HEBRIDES	STORNOWAY
INNER HEBRIDES	SKYE
ORKNEY	KIRKWALL
SHETLAND	LERWICK
CHANNEL ISLANDS	SAINT HELIER
ISLES OF SCILLY	HUGH TOWN

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM

1) GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES

- North: Atlantic Ocean

- West: The Irish Sea, the Saint George Channel and the Island of Ireland

- South: The British Channel

- East: The North Sea

2) ELEMENTS OF THE RELIEF

Mountain ranges :

(1) NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS, (2)GRAMPIAN MOUNTS, (3)SOUTHERN UPLAND, (4)THE PENINES, (5)CAMBRIAN MOUNTS, (6)THE COTSWOLDS, (7)DARTMOOR, (8)SPERTINS MOUNTAINS.

Plateaus:

(9)BIRMINGHAM PLATEAU, (10)MIDLANDS PLATEAU

Plains:

(11)WEST LANCASHIRE COASTAL PLAIN, (12)NORTH SOMERSET LEVELS, (13)SALISBURY PLAIN

Basins:

(14)THAMES BASIN

3) ELEMENTS OF THE INLAND HYDROGRAPHY

Rivers:

North Sea Basin:

(15)TWEED, (16)TYNE, (17)OUSE, (18)TRENT, (19)GREAT OUSE, (20)THAMES

British Channel:

(21)EXE, (22)TAMAR

Bristol Channel:

(23)WYE, (24)SEVERN

Lakes

Northern Ireland: (25) LOUGH NEAGH, (26)LOWER LOUGH ERNE

Scotland: (27)LOCH LOMOND, (28)LOCH NESS

England: (29)LAKE WINDERMERE

Wales: (30)LAKE BALA

4) ELEMENTS OF THE COAST

Oceans:

(31) ATLANTIC OCEAN

Seas:

(32) NORTH SEA, (33) CELTIC SEA, (34) IRISH SEA

Peninsulas:

(35) CORNWALL, (36) PEMBROKESHIRE, (37) LLYN PENINSULA,

(38) KINTYRE, (39) KNOYDART

Islands:

(40)IRELAND, (41) BRITAIN, (42) ISLE OF MAN, (43) ANGLESEY, (44) ISLE OF WIGHT, (45) ISLE OF SHEPPEY, (46) ISLE OF ARRAN

Archipelagos:

(47) OUTER HEBRIDES, (48) INNER HEBRIDES, (49) ORKNEY ISLANDS, (50) SHETLAND ISLANDS, (51) CHANNEL ISLES, (52)ISLES OF SCILLY

Gulfs/bays/firths:

(53) BRISTOL CHANNEL, (54)CARDIGAN BAY, (55)LIVERPOOL BAY, (56) SOLWAY FIRTH, (57) FIRTH OF CLYDE, (58) MORAY FIRTH, (59) FIRTH OF FORTH, (60) HUMBER MOUTH, (61) THE WASH, (62) THAMES MOUTH,

(63) TOURQUOISE BAY, (64) STRANGFORD LOUGH, (65) LOUGH FOYLE

Capes:

(64) LAND’S END, (65) SAINT DAVID’S HEAD, (66) CAPE WRATH, (67) DUNCANSBY HEAD, (68) RATTRAY HEAD, (69) WINTERTON HEAD, (70) TORR HEAD

Straits and channels:

(71) ENGLISH CHANNEL, (72) STRAIT OF DOVER, (73) PENTLAND STRAIT,

(74) THE MINCH, (75) SAINT GEORGE CHANNEL

NOTE: Numbers  in brackets correspond to locations on your maps