爱尔兰国家介绍

By Chen Xueping
Key words: The second largest island : the total area is 70,273m2 Location : North Atlantic Ocean, separated from Great Britain and mainland Europe. Two parts: the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland (U.K )
The second largest city: Cork(科克）
Its people fought to overthrow (推翻）English rule. The city’s nickname: the Rebel Country(反叛之国）.
Other major cities: Galway (戈尔韦）,Limerick （利默尼里克） and Waterford（沃特福德）.
The capital city : Dublin
It straddles(横跨）the mouth of the River Liffey(利菲 河）.
With one third of the total population living here.
It is the largest city in Ireland ,and is the commercial and industrial center of Ireland and the country’saphical features of Ireland are low central plain surrounded by a ring of coastal mountains.
Numerous rivers and lakes , as well as bogs(沼 泽），are scattered throughout the country.
The climate in Ireland is rather temperate(温 和）,with little seasonal or regional variation.
Ireland has excessive (过度的）rainfall with an average of 1,000millimeters annually.
The Shannon(香农河）:370 KM
Corrib(克里布湖）:200KM2, the largest lake in the country.
Carrantuohill(卡朗图厄尔山）:highest peak in Ireland, 1041m above sea level.
The Republic of Ireland has a temperate maritime climate (温带海洋气候）.