Put down on the map all geographical names mentioned in the text. Indicate the names of the islands and parts of the country, oceans and seas, mountains and rivers.

The British Isles lie to the north-west of the continent of Europe and consist of two main islands, the larger of which is Great Britain, the smaller is Ireland. There are oyer 5 hundred small islands known collectively as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ire­land, with a total area of 244,100 square kilometres and population of 58,837 thousand people. Great Britain is made up of England, Wales and Scotland. Among the smaller coastal islands forming administrative counties of the mainland one should mention the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England, the Isles of Scilly off the extreme south-west and Anglesey to the west. The north-west and west of Great Britain are surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. In the west the country is also washed by the Irish Sea. The eastern coast is open to the waters of the North Sea. The south-eastern tip of Great Britain is separated from France by the English Channel which is 32 kilometres wide at its nar­rowest point. Northern Ireland which lies to the west of Great Britain is separated from it by the North Channel and is washed by the Atlantic Ocean and the Irish Sea.

Great Britain is very irregularly shaped, being deeply indented by numerous gulfs of the sea; no part of the country is more than 120 kilometres from the sea.

The seas surrounding Great Britain are not very deep, they are good for fishing. The remains of extinct species of animals and plants help to establish the dates when the British Isles became separated from the continent.

The island of Great Britain is quite distinctly divided into two parts: mountainous (north and west) and lowland, sometimes hilly (south and east). The most important mountain territories are those located in the north of Scotland. Geologically these mountains are among the oldest in the world formed by ancient hard rocks with traces of volcanic activity. The largest valley — the central lowlands — divides these mountain ranges into the Southern Uplands and the Northern Uplands. The narrow valley of Glen separates the Northwest mountains from the Grampians where the highest point of the British Isles Ben Nevis (1343 metres) is with its majestic beauty. From the Southern Uplands of Scotland the mountains stretch to Wales Peninsula. To the south of the deeply inlanded Solway Firth Gulf, along the Western Coast runs the mountain range of Cumberland. To the east of this massif lies the central upland known as the Pennines — the backbone of Britain, stretching up to the river basin of the Trent, verging on the English Midlands. Lowland Britain extends from the mouth of the river Tyne in the north-east of England to the mouth of the river Exe.

The rivers of Britain are short, their direction and character are determined by the position of the mountains. Most of the rivers flow in the eastward direction.

Due to the humid climate the water-level is always high. The rivers seldom freeze in winter, most of them remain ice-free but they are not navigable for ocean liners. The most important rivers are the Severn, the Thames, the Ouse, the Tyne, the Tees, the Tweed, and the Eden.