Learn About the United Kingdom | Geography Facts for Kids — Transcript

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1. 0:02[Music] hello today we're going to learn all  about the United Kingdom the United Kingdom
2. 0:10of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  is made up of four countries United
3. 0:16together England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland  sometimes the name United Kingdom is shortened
4. 0:30to the UK the UK is part  of the continent of Europe
5. 0:39Here is a map of the UK Northern Ireland Scotland
6. 0:46Wales and England the population  of the UK is 69 million 138,139
7. 1:01[Applause] Capital Cities do you know  what a capital city is a capital city
8. 1:10is normally the headquarters of a country's  government often but not always the largest
9. 1:18city in a country the place where the head  of state like the king queen or president
10. 1:24lives the capital city of the United Kingdom  as a whole is London have you ever visited
11. 1:36London London is where King Charles III lives in  Buckinham Palace politicians meet at the houses
12. 1:46of Parliament amongst other things London is also  famous for Big Ben the London Eye and the Tower of
13. 1:56London while London is the capital of the  UK each of the four countries has its own
14. 2:05Capital City Northern Island's  capital is Belfast Scotland's
15. 2:12capital is Edinburgh wales's capital is  Cardiff and England's capital is London
16. 2:25Here's a quiz can you remember what the  capitals were England's capital London
17. 2:33wales's Capital Cardiff Scotland's capital  Edinburgh and Northern Ireland's capital
18. 2:44Belfast the flags of the UK the United  Kingdom's flag is known as the Union Jack
19. 2:55or the Union flag the United Kingdom flag is  made up of the flags of England Scotland and
20. 3:04Northern Ireland but not Wales the flag  of Wales is not included because when
21. 3:12the Union flag was created in 1801 England  and Wales were considered the same country
22. 3:25the national anthems of the UK God save  the king is the national anthem of the
23. 3:33United Kingdom as a whole it is sung at most  uk-wide events including those involving the
24. 3:40monarchy and international sporting events  each country within the UK may use its own
25. 3:51anthem for specific occasions Scotland  Flower of Scotland [Music] whales land of
26. 4:05my father's England Land of Hope and [Music]  Glory Northern Island London da [Music] air
27. 4:28The surrounding water of the United  Kingdom the UK is an island which
28. 4:35means it is surrounded by water do  you know which waters surround the UK
29. 4:43the Atlantic Ocean the North Sea the Irish  sea the Celtic Sea and the English Channel
30. 4:55the geography of the UK
31. 5:00Ben Nevis in Scotland is the tallest  mountain in the UK it is 1,345 M tall
32. 5:11that's the size of 14 Big Ben on top of each  other Ben Nevis is part of the Gran mountain
33. 5:20range the tallest mountain in Wales is  Snowden in the snowdonia National Park
34. 5:32the tallest mountain in England is Scafel  in the Lake District the tallest mountain
35. 5:40in Northern Ireland is Sleeve Donard in  the Mourne mountains these mountains are
36. 5:47very tall but not quite as tall as Mount  Everest in the Himalayas which is the
37. 5:52tallest mountain in the world sleeve donard  is 850 M tall scarel is 964 M tall Snowden is
38. 6:071,085 M tall and Ben neice is 1,345 M tall  but nothing beats Everest at 8,848 M tall
39. 6:29Rivers of the United Kingdom the longest river  in the UK is the river 7even it's 354 km long
40. 6:39and runs through England and Wales running the  whole length for the river 7 would be the same
41. 6:47distance as running eight and a half marathons  the UK has lots of rivers other famous rivers
42. 6:56include the temps in England the T in Scotland  the Y in Wales and the ban in Northern Ireland
43. 7:07do you know the names of any other rivers  in the UK maybe there is a river close to
44. 7:13where you live the lakes of the UK the largest  lake in the UK is Loch NE in Northern Ireland
45. 7:24Legend says it was created  during a fight between two giants
46. 7:30other large lakes in the UK include  Lo Lomond Lake windir and Clin Ted
47. 7:39the UK cities the biggest city in the UK is  London England which has a population of over 7
48. 7:49million people the smallest city is St David's in  Wales which only has a population of 2,000 people
49. 8:00the UK has many large cities here are just a few  examples Manchester Newcastle Cardiff Birmingham
50. 8:15Liverpool Edinburgh Glasgow and Belfast Wales may  have the smallest city but it does have the town
51. 8:28with the long name in the UK do you think you  can say it I certainly can't it has 58 letters
52. 8:40famous landmarks of the UK Stonehenge the Tower of
53. 8:47London Giant's Causeway Hadrian's  Wall the London Eye winds a castle
54. 9:01the White Cliffs of DOA The Glenn finnen Viaduct  the pen brire Coast Buckingham Palace and many
55. 9:14more the food of the UK the UK is famous for many  types of food and dishes including various cheeses
56. 9:24pies sausages and cakes we eat a wide variety  of foods from other countries too pasta from
57. 9:33Italy fish and chips from Belgium and Curry from  India are all very popular what foods do you like
58. 9:43here is a song to help you remember the countries  of the United Kingdom and their Capital Cities
59. 9:53The United Kingdom is for [Music] countries  England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland
60. 10:04four smaller countries joined as one big kingom  from the tip of Cornwall to the Highland England's
61. 10:15capital is London wales's capital is Cardiff  Scotland's capital is Edinburgh Northern island is
62. 10:23Belfast the United kingdom is for countries  England Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland
63. 10:38four smaller countries joined as one  big kingom from the tip of Cornwall
64. 10:46to the highlands England's capital is London  Wales is capital is CI Scotland's capital is
65. 10:56Edinburgh Northern island is Belfast  England's capital is London wales's
66. 11:03capital is ciff Scotland's capital  is edra Northern island is Belfast