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THE UK - Coggle Diagram

- - - - southern uplands
        
        north of the border with England
        
        an area of small towns
        
        economy depends largely on sheep farming
      - central plain
        
        further north
        
        more than 80% population lives
      - the highlands
        
        mountains & deep valleys
        
        same land area as southern england
  - - - Forecasting weather
        
        familiarity with local topography: reasonable
      - Forecasting climate
        
        little validity
  - - - 3rd largest city in Britain
      - heavy industry
      - strong artistic heritage
      - bad housing conditions
      - received many immigrants from Ireland
    - - half the size of Glasgow
      - comparatively middle-class image
      - associated with scholarship, the law and administration
      - "Athens of the North"
  - - - Hogmanay
      - Saint Andrew's day
      - Auld Lang Syne
      - Flowers of Scotland
        
        The Thistle
        
        The Bluebell
- - - - Unionists: the Union Flag
      - nationalists: the Flag of Ireland
- - - - North & West: the highland zone of hills & mountains
        
        Pennine Chain of mountains
        
        To the West: the Cumbrian Mountains
        
        Lake District
        
        Scarfell Pike: highest point
        
        Cooler, more rainfall, less sunlight
      - South & East: the lowland zone of rolling plains
  - - - damp
      - subject to frequent changes
      - four seasons
        
        Winter
        
        below freezing point
        
        cold, wet & windy, sometimes snow
        
        coldest months
        
        inland: 1&2
        
        around the coats: February
        
        Summer
        
        warmest month: 7
        
        best months to travel: 5,6,9,10
      - wettest region: The Lake District
      - Variation within short distance
      - Temperature: North lower than South
      - The coolest: Northeast England
      - Northwest England: cool summer, mild winter, heavy rain
      - Southern England: best weather with mild winters
      - The south coast: the sunniest part
      - Southeast: more temperature variation - warmer summer & cooler winter
      - Southwest: rain all year esp winter
  - - - theatres, cinemas, expensive shops
    - - poorer area, large number of immigrants, the Cockneys
- - - - doesnt have climate, only weather
    - - The further West, the more rain
    - - snow - higher areas only
      - Cold in the East > the West
  - - - official language of the UK
      - the first language of many ppl
      - a southern accent is the most easily understood -> taught to foreigners
- - - - Swansea
        
        southern Wales
        
        industrial centre: steel & nonferrous metals & motorvehicle parts
      - Newport
        
        southeastern Wales
        
        major steel-producing centre
        
        commercial and transportation center
      - Cardiff
        
        largest city & capital
        
        commercial & administrative center
    - - mountainous