What is the geographical location of Britain?

Britain is an island country, which consists of many islands in the northeast of Great Britain and Ireland. East of the North Sea, facing Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark and Norway; Ireland is adjacent to the west, and the United States and Canada are facing each other across the Atlantic Ocean. North across the Atlantic to Iceland; Cross the English Channel 33 kilometers south to France.

England covers an area of 6.5438+0.3 million square kilometers, accounting for most of the island of Great Britain. This area is divided into four parts from west to east: the Midland Plain centered on the Severn River basin; Highlands about 200 meters above sea level; London basin; Wilder Hills.

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The northwest of England is a hilly plateau and the southeast is a plain. Thames is the largest river in China. Severn River is the longest river in Britain, with a total length of 338 kilometers. It originates in the middle of Wales, flows through the midwest of England in a semicircle and flows into the Bristol Channel.

The Thames is the largest river in Britain, with a drainage area of 1. 1.4 million square kilometers, an average annual flow of 60.0 cubic meters per second and an average annual runoff of1.89 billion cubic meters. The geographical location of the basin is 2 08 ′ west longitude ~ 0 43 ′ east longitude and 565 438+0 00 ′ ~ 52 3 ′ north latitude.

Britain has a temperate maritime climate. Britain is controlled by the prevailing west wind, which is mild and humid all year round, with little change in the four seasons. Vegetation is temperate deciduous broad-leaved forest belt. Generally, the highest temperature does not exceed 32℃, the lowest temperature is not lower than-10℃, and the average temperature 10 is 65438+4 ~ 7℃ in October and 13 ~ 17℃ in July. The average annual precipitation is about 1000 mm.

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