Class 1. Physical Geography of the British Isles
Carefully study the map of the British Isles (source: "Historical Atlas" by William R. Shepherd, New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1923).
Geographic objects that you should know:
On sea:
- Seas: North Sea, Irish Sea, Celtic Sea
- Channels: English Channel, Strait of Dover (+ Russian equivalents for both), St. George's Channel, North Channel, Bristol Channel
- Islands: Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, the Hebrides, Isle of Man, Isle of Anglesey, Isle of Wight
On land:
- Rivers: Thames, Severn, Great Ouse, Trent, Tyne, Clyde
- Surface Relief: Salisbury Plain, Chiltern Hills, Cambrian Mountains, Great Central Plain, Pennine Hills, Cheviot Hills, Southern Uplands, Central Lowlands, Grampian Mountains, North West Highlands
- Lakes: Loch Ness, Loch Lomond
Blank map of the United Kingdom with county borders.
