Facts about Great Britain by Anna Baranovskaya

Anna , The capital of GB is London.))

borisovnanna — 2015-11-06 12:02:30 UTC

Polina

2015-11-06 12:24:01 UTC

The population in GB is 64,1 millions people

Vadim

2015-11-06 15:39:16 UTC

Great Britain is an island located in the northwest of continental Europe and east of Ireland. English Channel and North Sea separate the island from the European continent. It is the ninth-largest and third most populous island in the world. It is surrounded by over 1,000 smaller islands and islets. Great Britain is a political term to describe England, Scotland and Wales. It is different from The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Island, since United Kingdom includes Northern Ireland as well.))

Anna Vertyuk

2015-11-07 08:35:35 UTC

Ben Navis, at 1,344 m (4,409 ft), is the highest point in Great Britain in Scotland, while the lowest point is the Fenlands which is 4 m below sea level.

Jana

2015-11-07 08:52:13 UTC

In geography ,Great Britan is the largest island in Europe

Grisha))

2015-11-07 09:09:47 UTC

Dergachov A.

2015-11-07 09:50:20 UTC

The Queen of the UK is the legal owner of one-sixth of the Earth'sland surface.

Anastasia

2015-11-08 09:31:38 UTC

The national flower in England is a rose

Veronika K. )))

2015-11-08 10:45:44 UTC

Contrary to popular belief that the Olympic Games originated in Greece, in England, there was the small town of Much Wenlock, which began a Much Wenlock Olympic games in 1850 (for 46 years before the first Olympic Games in Athens).

Vlada

borisovnanna — 2015-11-08 12:56:06 UTC

England received its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe settled in Britain in the V and VI centuries BC. e . Some historians believe that it was the descendants of the tribe of natives who lived on the peninsula Angeln , part of the Jutland peninsula , which is now part of northern Germany .

Вероника П.

2015-11-08 15:41:01 UTC

In the UK the opposite, more car traffic. It is in this country born left-hand traffic.

Bandurka

2015-11-08 17:27:06 UTC

England is 74 times smaller than Great Britain.

lcool

borisovnanna — 2015-11-09 13:09:54 UTC

• In the UK, a huge amount of laundry, because the British did not consider washing household chores .

Саша Беспалов

2015-11-09 13:46:04 UTC

 In Scotland, a man who refused to marry a woman who made him an offer , was obliged to pay a fine.

Войтюк Николай

2015-11-09 15:16:13 UTC

"Albion", the name of the British Isles, known many years ago. England got it due to the snow-white chalk cliffs and the cliffs of Dover, located on the southern coast. 5. Scotland boasts the shortest flight in the world. It lasts 1 minute 14 seconds from the island Westra (Westray) on the island of Papa Westray. 6. In any brand of Latin letters indicated the name of the country that issued it. Only the United Kingdom is exempted from this duty, because it is the first to use the brand. 7. Do you know what an official holiday "Birthday of the British monarch" does not coincide with the actual date of birth of the Queen of Great Britain? Elizabeth II was born on April 21 but the official birthday is celebrated on the third Saturday of June.

Гриша))

2015-11-09 16:55:35 UTC

England is mostly a lowland country. The most important rivers are the Thames, the Severn and the Trent. In the North of the country there is the Lake District with many beautiful lakes.

Yarik Burtnyk

2015-11-10 16:21:49 UTC

Oxford University once had rules that specifically forbade students from bringing bows and arrows to class.

Yarik Burtnyk

2015-11-10 16:23:45 UTC

Valeria Alexeeva

2015-11-15 15:58:58 UTC

The Buckingham Palace has its own police station.

The largest Royal home is the Windsor castle.

Big Ben refers to the bell and not the clock.

Yulia Seirik 3-M

2015-11-17 18:21:42 UTC

The highest temperature ever recorded in England was 38.5°C (101.3°F ) in Brogdale, Kent, on 10 August 2003. Oxford University once had rules that specifically forbade students from bringing bows and arrows to class. British police do not carry guns except in emergencies.