Geography of the United Kingdom Map: Geography of the United Kingdom Part of the World Europe Region Western Europe Coordinates 54 °. w. 2 ° W. d. Area 78th in the world 243 809 km² land: 98.66% Water: 1.34% The coastline of 429 km about 12 The boundaries of 360 km (Ireland) The highest point of 1344 m (Ben Nevis) The lowest point of -4 m (East of England) The largest river Severn (354 km) The largest lake Lough Neagh (388 sq km) Britain occupies most of the British Isles United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom - a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It occupies the island of Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), one-sixth of the island of Ireland (Northern Ireland), as well as many small islands nearby. The main area of the country is located between 49 ° N. and 59 ° N. (Shetland Islands located near 61 ° N.) And 8 ° W. and 2 ° E. Greenwich Observatory, located in the south-east London, is the beginning of reference geographic longitude, it passes through the zero meridian.
Country extending over much of northern Eurasia. The Russian border is the world's longest.Russia has boundaries with 14 countries: Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland (via the Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, the People's Republic of China and North Korea. Russia has a largely continental climate because of its sheer size and compact configuration. The highest precipitation falls Russia is lavishly endowed with natural resources, but industrial development was hindered until the twentieth century by their Siberian inaccessibility. Russia now produces 20 per cent of the world’s natural gas, and oil is also a valuable commodity. Russia is self-sufficient in all major industrial raw materials, and contains reserves of less essential, but nevertheless significant, natural resources, including diamonds and gold.
