03 Geography
Lack of extremes
Climate
+/- the same amount of rain in Belgium
Mild climate (not a lot of snow)
“Britain doesn’t have a climate, it only has weather”
Bad reputation => people talking about the weather a lot
Land and settlement
Landscape = variety
South and east: low lying (flat plains / rolling hills)
North and west: Mountainous areas
People like the countryside. 80% lives in villages
The environment and pollution
Smog (!!)
Laws => Now solved
Renewable energy sources
Britain under attack
Global warming => Rising sea levels => Low-lying areas are threatened
North, west and south coasts: waves of the Atlantic are getting taller => More force => Strip sand form
beaches, undermine cliffs and damage coastal defences
East coast: Sinking away! (south-east corner tilts downwards)
London: In special danger => Tidal surges along the River Thames
Disaster: Flood in Thames Estuary (300 dead) => “What if it had reached London??” => construction of
Thames Barrier (has now protected London from flooding 3 times)
Lack of extremes
Climate
+/- the same amount of rain in Belgium
Mild climate (not a lot of snow)
“Britain doesn’t have a climate, it only has weather”
Bad reputation => people talking about the weather a lot
Land and settlement
Landscape = variety
South and east: low lying (flat plains / rolling hills)
North and west: Mountainous areas
People like the countryside. 80% lives in villages
The environment and pollution
Smog (!!)
Laws => Now solved
Renewable energy sources
Britain under attack
Global warming => Rising sea levels => Low-lying areas are threatened
North, west and south coasts: waves of the Atlantic are getting taller => More force => Strip sand form
beaches, undermine cliffs and damage coastal defences
East coast: Sinking away! (south-east corner tilts downwards)
London: In special danger => Tidal surges along the River Thames
Disaster: Flood in Thames Estuary (300 dead) => “What if it had reached London??” => construction of
Thames Barrier (has now protected London from flooding 3 times)
