The British Isles are a group of Islands off the north-west coast of the continent of Europe.The largest islands are Great Britain and Ireland.England,Wales and Scotland are in Great Britain.Being the larger part of Ireland the Irish Republic is independent.
The British Isles has many rivers but they are not very long.The lagest and longerst river is the Stern.The deepest river is the Thames.
The climate of the British Isles is not very cold in winter and not very hot in summer.But the weather changes very often there.
There are at least four main nationalities,the English,the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish.These nationalities each have their own language,culture,traditions and habits.Traditions and habits the population of Great Britain is more than fifty-six milion today.
Great Britain is a highly developed industrial country.And it is famous for its producing machinery and textile industry.Britain"s most important industry producers of computers and equipments are also famous all over the world.Building and repairing of ship is an important in the United Kingdom too.
The United Kingdom is a country of parliamentary monarchy. But many people say that the country doesn"t need a king or a qween,because much money is spent on keeping up the monarchy.
As you know the laws are made in the Parliament,consisting of two Houses,as they are called the House of Lords and House of Commons.The members of the House of Lords are not elected.The members of the Lower House,the House of Commons are elected for a period of five years.Members of the House of Commons belong to by the party,which has the greatest number of members elected in Parliament of the country.
Great Britain exports a great deal of goods,being one of the famous industtial countries in western Europe.
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