BritishmainlandwesternEuropefromGreatBritainandIreland,north-eastandmanynearbyislands.ThefullnameoftheUnitedKingdomofGreatBritainandNorthernIreland.SheeastbytheNorthSea,theAtlanticOceantothewest,uptotheNorthAtlanticoffIceland,YugoslaviaandtheEuropeancontinent,separatedonlybyastripofwater,theEnglishChannel.Britishtotalareaofabout243,000squarekilometers.ThemainislandisaBritishterritoryofGreatBritainfromnorthernScotland.southwestofthesouthernandcentralpartsofEnglandandWales,threeregionalgroupings.Englandareaof130,000squarekilometerswhich,accountingformostoftheislandofGreatBritain;Walesareaof20,000squarekilometers,territoryismountainousandrugged;Scottishareaof78,000squarekilometers.NorthernIrelandareaof14,000squarekilometers.Britainisabout1,000kmfromsouthtonorthand50°northlatitudeand61°C;Mostthingsisnotmorethan500kmwide,eastlongitude1°45'W8°10'between.ZeromeridianthroughthesoutheastLondonGMT(Greenich).Britishcoastlineofabout11,500km.AlthoughtheBritishhighlatitudes,butduetoasingleAtlantic,notthecoldwinter.Britishmaritimeclimatetemperatebroadleafforests.Innormalyears,thehottest(July),theaveragetemperatureof19-25degreesCelsius.thecoldest(January),theaveragetemperatureof4-7degreesCelsius.BritishunevenrainfallthroughoutEnglandlow-lying,withanaveragerainfallof830mm,west,Mountainprecipitationinthenorthernpartofalarger,upto4,000mm.Britainisthemainmineralresourcesofcoal,iron,oilandgas.Hardcoalreservesof170billiontons.Railreservesofabout3.8billiontons.IntheUnitedKingdomNorthSeacontinentalshelfoilreservesofabout10-40milliontons.8600-25,850billioncubicmetersofnaturalgasreservesinbetween.Britain'stotalpopulationofabout59million,ofwhich50millioninEngland,Scotland,fivemillion,threemillioninWales.NorthernIreland2million.IntheBritishcapitalofLondon,England. 　　希望采纳