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Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and whose physical geography is characterised by a varied coastline and a largely upland interior. It is bordered by England to its east, the Irish Sea to its north and west, and the Bristol Channel to its south. It has a total area of 2,064,100 hectares (5,101,000 acres) and is about 170 mi ...
Wales (Welsh: Cymru [ˈkəmrɨ] ⓘ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west. As of 2021 [update], it had a population of 3,107,494. [ 2 ]
Great Britain is the name of the island that comprises England, Scotland, and Wales, although the term is also used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom is a political unit that includes these countries and Northern Ireland.
Geography. Geography. Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Location Atlantic Ocean; Northern Hemisphere; Eurasia (but not on the mainland) Europe. Northern Europe and Western Europe. British Isles. Great Britain (the central southern part of the island's western side) Several other islands of Wales, the largest being Anglesey
England comprises most of the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain, in addition to a number of small islands of which the largest is the Isle of Wight. England is bordered to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales. It is closer to continental Europe than any other part of mainland Britain, divided from France ...
They include: [2] Barry Island (tidal island until the construction of Barry Docks in the 1880s) Berges Island, peninsula at Whitford Burrows, Gower. Dinas Island, peninsula on Pembrokeshire coast. Farchynys, locality beside Mawddach estuary, Bontddu, Gwynedd. Little Island, peninsula at the west end of the former Barry Island.
The coastline of Wales extends from the English border at Chepstow westwards to Pembrokeshire then north to Anglesey and back eastwards to the English border once again near Flint. Its character is determined by multiple factors, including the local geology and geological processes active during and subsequent to the last ice age, its relative ...
The geology of Wales is complex and varied; its study has been of considerable historical significance in the development of geology as a science. All geological periods from the Cryogenian (late Precambrian) to the Jurassic are represented at outcrop, whilst younger sedimentary rocks occur beneath the seas immediately off the Welsh coast.