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ostrova lezhat na severo-zapade Yevropy. Oni sostoyat iz dvukh krupnykh ostrovov, Velikobritanii i Irlandii i mnogikh boleye melkikh. Velikobritaniya, krupneyshiy ostrov v Yevrope, vklyuchayet Angliyu, Shotlandiyu i Uel's. On otdelen ot Irlandii Irlandskim morem, a ot Kontinenta - La-Manshem i prolivom Duvr. Velikobritaniya i Severnaya Irlandiya obrazuyut Velikobritaniyu (Velikobritaniya).
Poverkhnost' Anglii i Irlandii ploskaya, no poverkhnost' Shotlandii i Uel'sa gorna. Gory pochti vse v zapadnoy chasti. Samaya vysokaya gora v Soyedinennom Korolevstve - Ben-Nevis v Shotlandii (1343 m). Samaya dlinnaya reka - Severn. Eto na yugo-zapade Anglii. Temza ne tak dlinna, kak Severn, ona koroche. More pronikayet gluboko v zemlyu i okazyvayet bol'shoye vliyaniye na klimat, kotoryy vlazhnyy, no dovol'no myagkiy: zima ne ochen' kholodnaya, a leto ne ochen' zharkoye.
V Soyedinennom Korolevstve prozhivayet boleye 57 millionov chelovek. Bol'shinstvo zhiteley Velikobritanii zhivut v bol'shikh gorodakh i gorodakh.
Stolitsey strany yavlyayetsya London. Osnovnymi promyshlennymi tsentrami yavlyayutsya Sheffild i Birmingem, gde proizvodyatsya zheleznyye izdeliya, Manchester, khlopkovyy tsentr Anglii i drugiye.
Vazhnymi portami strany yavlyayutsya london, Liverpul', Glazgo i drugiye.

Талисманами Летних Олимпийских игр 2012 года в Лондоне стали Венлок и Мандевилль (Wenlock and Mandeville) — два одноглазых существа, напоминающие инопланетян. Венлок получил своё имя в честь городка Мач Венлок (Much Wenlock), соревнования в котором в середине XIX века (Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games) вдохновили Пьера де Кубертена на возрождение Олимпиад в 1896 году. Мандевилль был назван по имени госпиталя Стоук Мандевилль (Stoke Mandeville Hospital), где в 1948 году были проведены первые игры для спортсменов-инвалидов (World Wheelchair and Amputee Games).

 

 

 

Mascots of the Olympic Summer Games 2012 in London are Wenlock and Mandeville (Wenlock and Mandeville) - two one-eyed creatures that resemble aliens. Wenlock was named after the town of Much Wenlock (Much Wenlock), in which competition in the middle of the XIX century (Wenlock Olympian Society Annual Games) inspired Pierre de Coubertin to revive the Olympics in 1896. Mandeville was named after Stoke Mandeville Hospital (Stoke Mandeville Hospital), which in 1948 held the first games for athletes with a disability (World Wheelchair and Amputee Games).