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Area > Land
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77 sq km
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[77th of 236]
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Area > Total
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83 sq km
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[83rd of 248]
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Area > Water
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73 sq km
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[73rd of 237]
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Climate
temperate; moderated by prevailing southwest winds over the North Atlantic Current; more than one-half of the days are overcast |
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Coastline
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19 km
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[19th of 249]
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Elevation extremes > Highest point
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Ben Nevis 1,343 m |
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Elevation extremes > Lowest point
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The Fens -4 m |
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Forested Land
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141% |
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[141st of 193]
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Geographic coordinates
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54 00 N, 2 00 W |
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Geography > Note
lies near vital North Atlantic sea lanes; only 35 km from France and linked by tunnel under the English Channel; because of heavily indented coastline, no location is more than 125 km from tidal waters |
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Land boundaries > Border countries
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Ireland 360 km |
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Land use > Arable land
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42 %
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[42nd of 241]
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Largest city
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London |
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Largest city population
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17 |
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[17th of 174]
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Location
Western Europe, islands including the northern one-sixth of the island of Ireland between the North Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea, northwest of France |
Map references
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Natural resources
coal, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, lead, zinc, gold, tin, limestone, salt, clay, chalk, gypsum, potash, silica sand, slate, arable land |
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Population density
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48 people per sqkm |
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[48th of 256]
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Precipitation
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48 mm |
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[48th of 95]
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Terrain
mostly rugged hills and low mountains; level to rolling plains in east and southeast |
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; The total length of the boundary between the land area (including islands) and the sea.
; Highest point above sea level
; Lowest point relative to sea level
; Forested land as a proportion of total land area, estimate by FAO; This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the purpose of finding the approximate geographic center of an entity and is based on the Gazetteer of Conventional Names, Third Edition, August 1988, US Board on Geographic Names and on other sources.
; This entry includes miscellaneous geographic information of significance not included elsewhere.
; Length of land boundaries by border country
; The percentage of used land that is arable. Arable land is land cultivated for crops that are replanted after each harvest like wheat, maize, and rice
; The city with the highest population; The population of the country's largest city; The country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.
; The name of the CIA World Factbook reference map on which a country may be found. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries.
; A country's mineral, petroleum, hydropower, and other resources of commercial importance.
; People per square kilometre, in 1999. At this time the world average was 14.42.; Average Annual Precipitation in Largest City (mm, 1931-1960); A brief description of the topography
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, britain, great britain, united kingdom of great britain and northern irela, united king., The United Kingdom
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