Great Britain: общие сведения

Great Britain

Great Britain ... England, Wales, Scotland and Northern

Ireland. The whole area ... 244,100 square kilometers with

more than 55 million ... .The average density or population

(228 people per square km) is very high. The highest ... of

urbanization is observed in Great Britain as compared to other

countries. Almost 80 per cent of the ... live in the ... and

towns. About 24 million people are ... active population.

Great Britain is one of the most ... countries in the

capitalist world. Now it ranks fourth among the ... capitalist

powers. The minerals found in Great Britain are lead, chalk,

copper, zinc, but the greatest ... of Britain consists in the

abundance of coal often found ... by side with iron. Coal has

been known to exist in Britain for many centuries, but it is

only during the last hundred years that it has been mined on

a large scale. ... of coal in Great Britain are estimated at

about 200,000 mln tons. At present rate of … this is enough

for about years.

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