Here are the British Isles

23rd September 2015

Name and location

- The United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland
- Britain Brittany (<Fr. Bretagne)
- NW coast of Europe
- 54N4W

Coasts
The seas are shallow
Britain lies on the Continental shelf
Irregular coasts:

A. estuary >> funnel-shaped river mouth

B. firth (fjord) >> drowned glaciated valley
C. ria >> river valley drowned by the rise in sea- level
D. peninsula
E. straits and channels >> narrow stretches of water

Affected by:
Erosion >> cliffs are
formed

Building up >>
beaches are formed

Sea levels
They change for another season
High tides/low tides every 12 hours (< the
attraction of the Moon on the Earth)

 The islands in the Irish Sea (e.g. the Isle of Man)

and the Channel Islands are not part of the UK,
but they are part of the Commonwealth
They are self-governing dependencies with
different legal, legislative and administrative
systems
The British Government is responsible for their
defence and international relations