АнглийскийТранслитерироватьBritanskiye ostrova lezhat na severo-zapade Yevropy. Oni sostoyat iz dvukh krupnykh ostrovov, Velikobritanii i Irlandii i mnogikh boleye melkikh. Velikobritaniya, krupneyshiy ostrov v Yevrope, vklyuchayet Angliyu, Shotlandiyu i Uel's. On otdelen ot Irlandii Irlandskim morem, a ot Kontinenta - La-Manshem i prolivom Duvr. Velikobritaniya i Severnaya Irlandiya obrazuyut Velikobritaniyu (Velikobritaniya).
Poverkhnost' Anglii i Irlandii ploskaya, no poverkhnost' Shotlandii i Uel'sa gorna. Gory pochti vse v zapadnoy chasti. Samaya vysokaya gora v Soyedinennom Korolevstve - Ben-Nevis v Shotlandii (1343 m). Samaya dlinnaya reka - Severn. Eto na yugo-zapade Anglii. Temza ne tak dlinna, kak Severn, ona koroche. More pronikayet gluboko v zemlyu i okazyvayet bol'shoye vliyaniye na klimat, kotoryy vlazhnyy, no dovol'no myagkiy: zima ne ochen' kholodnaya, a leto ne ochen' zharkoye.
V Soyedinennom Korolevstve prozhivayet boleye 57 millionov chelovek. Bol'shinstvo zhiteley Velikobritanii zhivut v bol'shikh gorodakh i gorodakh.
Stolitsey strany yavlyayetsya London. Osnovnymi promyshlennymi tsentrami yavlyayutsya Sheffild i Birmingem, gde proizvodyatsya zheleznyye izdeliya, Manchester, khlopkovyy tsentr Anglii i drugiye.
Vazhnymi portami strany yavlyayutsya london, Liverpul', Glazgo i drugiye.