Parts of the Kingdom The United Kingdom's full name is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland People often call it Britain for short The country has four parts England Scotland and Wales are on the island of Great Britain Northern Ireland sits on the island of Ireland The rocky Orkney Islands lie off the northern coast scotland of
Map Whiz Quiz No part of the United Kingdom is very far from water Seas lie to the north east and west Rivers and lakes are common in the four parts too Take a look at the map on page five A map is a drawing or chart of a place Trace the outline of the United Kingdom on a sheet of paper Don't forget Northern Ireland See if you can find the North Sea Mark this part of your map with an E for east Find the Irish Sea Mark it with a w for west The English Channel sits to the south Mark it with an S In the far north near Scotland is the North Atlantic Ocean Mark it with an N With a green crayon color the United Kingdom Color Northern Ireland yellow to show where it ends and the rest of Ireland begins Waters of the Bristol Channel wash the shores of Wales Cardiff near
Ben Nevis in Scotland's Highlands is the highest mountain in the United Kingdom It is 4 409 feet 1 344 meters above sea level Mountains and Valleys All four parts of the United Kingdom have mountains and valleys Ben Nevis is the United Kingdom's highest peak It's part of Scotland's Highlands The Pennines range runs from north to south in England The Cambrian Mountains cover most of Wales The low Sperrin and Mourne ranges and the Antrim Hills lie in Ireland Northern
Between the mountains are rolling green valleys These give way to coastal lowlands Most of Britain's people live in the lowlands The lowlands also hold many of the United Kingdom's major cities Giant's Causeway I The Giant's Causeway right is a landform in Northern Ireland Millions of years ago movements took place deep inside Earth They formed thousands of rock blocks A legend says a giant used the causeway as a path from Ireland Scotland to
