Topic - Great Britain
Grampians and Southern Uplands, where most of the largest cities and population are
located.
Much of Wales is also mountainous and in England the Pennine Range extends 224
kilometres. The rest of England tends to be quite bumpy, for not even the large plains
of East Anglia are perfectly flat. In Ireland all the highland areas are around the edge,
but there are no peaks that surpass the height of one kilometer.
The rivers are quite short, the longest being the Severn and the Thames. Their easy
navigability has made them an important part of the inland transport network.
5. Population
With 57 million people, the UK ranks about fifteenth in the world in terms of population,
with England being the most populous part, followed by Scotland, then Wales and
finally Northern Ireland. The population increases very slowly and somewhere between
the `70s and `80s actually fell. Although there are more male births than female, the
male mortality rate is rather high.
6. Climate