The United Kingdom of and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a sovereign state in Europe.
Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland, the country includes the island of Great Britain (a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country), the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands.
Northern Ireland is the only part of the UK that shares a land border with another state: the Republic of Ireland. Apart from this land border, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, with the North Sea in the east and the English Channel in the south.
The Irish Sea lies between Great Britain and Ireland. The UK has an area of 243,610 square kilometres (94,060 sq mi), making it the 78th-largest sovereign state in the world and the 11th-largest in Europe.
1、The UK is the largest net exporter of financial services, with over 40% of its exports to the EU[ 46] United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, hereinafter referred to as UK.——英国是最大的金融服务净出口国,其中超四成的出口面向欧盟。大不列颠及北爱尔兰联合王国,简称“英国”。 2、It is located in the British Isles in the northwest of the European continent, surrounded by the North Sea, the English channel, the Celtic Sea, the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.——本土位于欧洲大陆西北面的不列颠群岛,被北海、英吉利海峡、凯尔特海、爱尔兰海和大西洋包围。
British mainland western Europe from Great Britain and Ireland,north-east and many nearby islands.The full name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.She east by the North Sea,the Atlantic Ocean to the west,up to the North Atlantic off Iceland,Yugoslavia and the European continent,separated only by a strip of water,the English Channel.British total area of about 243,000 square kilometers.The main island is a British territory of Great Britain from northern Scotland.southwest of the southern and central parts of England and Wales,three regional groupings.England area of 130,000 square kilometers which,accounting for most of the island of Great Britain; Wales area of 20,000 square kilometers,territory is mountainous and rugged; Scottish area of 78,000 square kilometers.Northern Ireland area of 14,000 square kilometers.Britain is about 1,000 km from south to north and 50 ° north latitude and 61 ° C; Most things is not more than 500 km wide,east longitude 1 ° 45 'W 8 ° 10' between.Zero meridian through the southeast London GMT (Greenich).British coastline of about 11,500 km.Although the British high latitudes,but due to a single Atlantic,not the cold winter.British maritime climate temperate broadleaf forests.In normal years,the hottest (July),the average temperature of 19-25 degrees Celsius.the coldest (January),the average temperature of 4-7 degrees Celsius.British uneven rainfall throughout England low-lying,with an average rainfall of 830 mm,west,Mountain precipitation in the northern part of a larger,up to 4,000 mm.Britain is the main mineral resources of coal,iron,oil and gas.Hard coal reserves of 170 billion tons.Rail reserves of about 3.8 billion tons.In the United Kingdom North Sea continental shelf oil reserves of about 10-40 million tons.8600-25,850 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves in between.Britain's total population of about 59 million,of which 50 million in England,Scotland,five million,three million in Wales.Northern Ireland 2 million.In the British capital of London,England.