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The UK lies between the North Atlantic and the North Sea, and comes within 35 km (22 mi) of the north-west coast of France, from which it is separated by the English Channel. It shares a 499 km (310 mi) international land boundary with the Republic of Ireland. [5] [6] The Channel Tunnel bored beneath the English Channel now links the UK with ...
No. of land border neighbours No. of maritime boundary neighbours Total no. of unique neighbours Neighbouring countries and territories (Territories without full sovereignty [1] in italics) (L) = share only land borders (M) = share only maritime boundaries blank = share land borders and maritime boundaries United Kingdom [2] 1 [3] 8 8 Belgium (M)
Euler diagram of the British Isles. This structure was formed by the union agreed between the former sovereign states, the Kingdom of England (including the Principality of Wales) and the Kingdom of Scotland in the Treaty of Union and enacted by the Acts of Union 1707 to form the single Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800); followed by the Act of Union 1800, which combined Great Britain with ...
The UK contains four terrestrial ecoregions: Celtic broadleaf forests, English Lowlands beech forests, North Atlantic moist mixed forests, and Caledonian conifer forests. [142] The area of woodland in the UK in 2023 is estimated to be 3.25 million hectares, which represents 13% of the total land area in the UK. [143]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland – sovereign country in Europe, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK), or Britain. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Lying off the north-western coast of the European mainland , it includes the island of Great Britain —a term also applied loosely to refer to the whole country—the north-eastern part ...
The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'. [ 2 ] The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts , 32 London boroughs , 36 metropolitan boroughs , 62 unitary authorities , and two sui generis authorities (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly ).
The River Dee marks the border between Farndon, England, to the left and Holt, Wales, to the right Bilingual "Welcome to Wales" sign Bilingual "Welcome to England" sign. The modern boundary between Wales and England runs from the salt marshes of the Dee estuary adjoining the Wirral Peninsula, across reclaimed land to the River Dee at Saltney just west of Chester.
The total land area of England, excluding inland water, is 130,310 km 2 (50,313 sq mi). [1] Crops and fallow land accounts for 30% of the land area, grasses and rough grazing 36%, other agricultural land 5%, forest and woodland 8%, and urban development 21%.