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    The UK.

The UKis the most interesting country for me. We have learned a lot of things about its history and culture at school. I have read a lot of books about this country besides my school program.

The UKis situated off the northwest coast of Europe between the Atlantic Ocean on the north and northwest and the North Sea on the east and is separated from the European continent by the English Channel and the Strait of Dover. Britain forms the greater part of the British Isles. The full name of the country is the United kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. GB comprisesE, S and W. The area of the UK totals 2 hundred 44 thousand square miles. The scenery in the Britain Isles varies greatly from region to region. There are moors and mountains, lakes and forests. The longest river in theUKis the river Severn, but the Thames is the deepest and the most important. The highest mountain in theUK is Ben Nevis in S. It is 1 thousand 3 hundred 44 meters high. The British climate has three main features: it is mild, humid and changeable. The English sometimes say that they have three variants of weather: when it rains in the morning, when it rains in the afternoon, or when it rains all day long.

Over 57 million people live in UK. About 48 million people live in E, 5 million live in S, 3 million live in Wand 1, 5 million people live in Northern Ireland. For centuries people from overseas have settled in Britain either to escape political or relig