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Nicole's
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GENERAL INFORMATION , SCOTLAND
I went to Scotland for a few days at the end of my trip to Ireland with my mother and cousin. We flew from Belfast on Easyjet to Glasgow and stayed for a few days visiting Glasgow and Stirling. Scotland forms the northern part of Great Britain and is about two-thirds the size of England and Wales which occupy the remaining portion. It is surrounded by sea on three sides: to the west and north by the Atlantic Ocean and on the east by the North Sea. Its only land border, that with England, runs for approximately 60 miles (96 km) along the line of the Cheviot Hills. Geographically, Scotland can be divided into three distinct areas: the Southern Uplands, the Central Lowlands and the northern Highlands and Islands. Of Scotland's 790 islands, 130 or so are inhabited. The major groups include the Inner and Outer Hebrides off the west coast, the Orkneys and the Shetland isles which lie to the northeast of the mainland. |
