Suurbritannia ja USA geograafia (0)

1.Which five areas does Highland Britain include ?
1) Scotland
2) Wales
3)The Cornwall Peninsula
4)The Lake District
5)The Pennines
2.What is the highest top in Wales – Snowdon 1,085m
Scotland – Ben Nevis 1,343m
England – Scafell Pike 978m
How high is the highest mountain in the UK? Ben Nevis, 1,343m
3. Describe the relief of Scotland.
Scotland is quite mountainous and there is also situated the highest peak in the UK, Ben Nevis. The Scottish Highlands cover the northern part of the country . Here The Northwest Highlands have rocky lunar landscape. South of Scotland is mostly covered with the Grampian Mountains which forms with some other mountains a huge mountain mass. The Central Lowland lie south of the Scottish Highlands. This region is a gently rolling plain . It has best farmland, and richest coal deposits. The Southern Uplands rise gently south of the Central Lowlands. This is a region of rounded, rolling hills .
4.What are the possibilities of land use in Scotland?
Tourism in the mountains, there you can ski and climb mountains. In the north there doesn’t live much people, so there people raise sheep or go fishing . In the Central Lowlands, people earn living from farming and there is Scotland’s richest coal deposit . In the Southern Uplands people graze sheep.
5.Describe the relief of England.
England's terrain mostly comprises low hills and plains, especially in central and southern England. However , there are uplands in the north, for example there are the Pennines, which is a region of rounded uplands. West of the Pennines there is the Lake District where are quiet lakes and low mountains. Also there are uplands in the south west (for example, Dartmoor and the Cotswolds)
6. what are the possibilites of land use in england?
In the southwest, people get their living by fishing, also the mild climate helps ma ke agriculture important . Farmers grow vegetables and raise cattle. Most important today is the region’s white china clay. Most of England is lowland, so these regions have much farmable land and many industriest. In the Midlands a lot of heavy industry is produced. The Wash has country’s richest farmland.
7. Characterise the relief in different parts of wales (northern, central, southern)
Central part is mostly covered by the Cambrian Mountains, they are especially rugged and beautiful in the north, and they are more rounded in centaral Wales. Southern Wales is largely a plateau deeply cut by river valleys. Best areas for crop farmind,
Fertile - viljakas
Copper mine - vasekaevandus
Poor soil – väheviljakas muld
tides – tõus ja mõõn
recreation area - puhkeala
china clay - portselanisavi
mild climate – pehme kliima
limestone - paekivi
moor – nõmm
natural resource – loodusvara
gentle slopes – lauged nõlvad
raise sheep – kasvatama lambaid
rolling plain – lainjas tasandik
coal deposit - kivisöelasundid
pasture - karjamaa
heather – kanarbik
fishing village – kaluriküla
steep – järsk
evergreen shrub – igihaljas põõsas
below sea level – allapoole merepinda