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Using the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online is a fantastic free dictionary to use on the Web. This activity shows you how to use it.

Do you know the meanings of the words below? Double-click on each word and read the definition.

 

English countryside
coalfields
climate
aspects
areas
settlement
contrast
geological
hills
scenery

Now read this text about British Geography. Write the words from the chart in the correct spaces.

 

Highland and lowland Britain

Britain is unpredictable in climate and varied in .
In particular, there is a dramatic between 'highland' and 'lowland' Britain.
The differences between the two areas affect many
of people's lives.
The most precise distinction is .
The rocks of most of the north and west of Great Britain are harder and older than those of the south and east.
These older rocks are covered by large
of moorland such as the Lake District, the Pennines and much of Scotland and Wales, where the soils are poor, thin, and stony. In addition, these areas are wetter and harder to reach than the lower land to the south and east. As a result, these areas of the British Isles are thinly populated except where coal or iron have been discovered.
Most of the
,which were the home of the industrial revolution, lie along the dividing line between highland and lowland Britain.
The south and east are rarely flat, but instead of high continuous moorland there are bands of ,
which alternate with areas of lowland.
The soils are generally deeper and richer, and the
is drier and better suited to farming.
Industry benefits from easier communications, thus human
in these areas is dense and more evenly spread.

From Britian Explored by Paul Harvey and Rhodri Jones - Longman 1992.