ENGLAND
Area: 130423 km2Population: 50 000 000
London is thecapitalof Great Britain
Cities in England
Birmingham
Manchester
Liverpool
Leeds
Sheffield
Currency: pound
Highestpoint: Scafell Pike ( 978 m)
Longest river: The Thames (346 km)
Lake Windermere
National day: 23. April, St. George’s day
National flower: the rose
England is mainly flat.
In thePeakDistrict and the Lake Districttherearemanymountains.
England has manycanals. Theywerebuilt to transport goods. Todayyoucan rent a boat and cruise thecanals. It is a greatway to seetheEnglishcountryside.
Therearemanycastles in England. Most ofthemwerebuilt in medieval times.
On the river Camyoucanseesomeunusualboats. Theyarecalledpunts.
Punts have noengine, nosail and nooars. The person whopropelstheboat is called a punter.
Cornwall is verybeautyful
Cornwall has a lot offishingvillages.
The beaches in Cornwall areverygood.
Cornwall has a lot ofsmallislands.

Englands geography