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  2. Coastline of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    As a result of this shape and the number of islands, the coastline of the UK is longer than that of similar sized countries. This means the UK has a relatively high coast/area ratio. [6] No inhabitated place in the UK is more than 113 kilometres (70 mi) from the coast. It is estimated that around 3 million people (out of 60 million) live on the ...

  3. List of countries by length of coastline - Wikipedia

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    In addition to coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ratio" for both TWF and WRI (see below) coastline measurement. This ratio measures how many metres of coastline correspond to every square kilometer of land area. The ratio illustrates the ease of accessibility to the country's coast from ...

  4. Category:Coasts of the United Kingdom by country - Wikipedia

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    Category: Coasts of the United Kingdom by country. ... Coast of Wales‎ (17 C, 4 P) This page was last edited on 5 July 2015, at 00:11 (UTC). Text ...

  5. Geography of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The UK has large coal, natural gas, and oil reserves; primary energy production accounts for 10% of GDP, one of the highest shares of any industrial nation. Due to the island location of the UK, the country has great potential for generating electricity from wave power and tidal power, although these have not yet been exploited on a commercial ...

  6. Category:Coasts of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Coasts of the United Kingdom by country‎ (5 C) B. ... Vice-admirals of the coast of the Royal Navy‎ (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Coasts of the United Kingdom"

  7. Geography of England - Wikipedia

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    The English coastline varies a great deal by the seas and regions it borders. The North Sea coast of England is mainly flat and sandy with many dunes and is similar to coastlines across the sea in the Netherlands. The English North Sea coast is an important area of bird life and is a habitat for many shore and wading birds.

  8. List of beaches in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Bigbury-on-Sea, Devon; Biggar, Cumbria; Blackpool, Lancashire; Blackpool Sands, Devon; Bournemouth, Dorset; Brean, Somerset; Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire ...

  9. List of countries and territories by number of land borders

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    Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]