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Vasil Aprilov Primary school

• Scotland
• Presentasion made by
• Maya Ivanova, Neli Dimova, Ralitsa Koshnicharova,
  Dorotea Doncheva,
• VIIb

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Location of Scotland

• Scotland is a country that is part of the UK.
  Occupying the northern third of the island of
  Great Britain, it shares a border with England to
  the south and is bounded by the North sea to the
  east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west,
  and the North channel and Irish sea to the
  southwest. In addition to the mainland, Scotland
  consists of over 790 islands including the
  Northern Isles and the Hebrides.

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The capital

• Edinburgh, the country's capital and second
  largest city, is one of Europe's largest
  financial centres.
• Edinburgh was the hub of the Scottish
  Enlightenment of the 18th century, which
  transformed Scotland into one of the commercial,
  intellectual and industrial powerhouses of
  Europe.
• The city attracts 1 million overseas visitors a
  year, making it the second most visited tourist
  destination in the United Kingdom, after London.

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National symbols

• The national flag of Scotland, dates from the 9th
  century, and is the oldest national flag still in
  use. There are numerous other symbols and
  symbolic artefacts, both official and unofficial,
  including the thistle, the nation's Floral
  emblem, the 6 April 1320 statement of political
  independence the Declaration of Arbroath,and the
  Lion Rampant flag.

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Culture

• Scottish music is a significant aspect of the
  nation's culture, with both traditional and
  modern influences. A famous traditional Scottish
  instrument is the Great Highland Bagpipe, a wind
  instrument consisting of three drones and a
  melody pipe (called the chanter), which are fed
  continuously by a reservoir of air in a bag.
• Bagpipe bands, featuring bagpipes and various
  types of drums, and showcasing Scottish music
  styles while creating new ones, have spread
  throughout the world. The harp, fiddle and
  accordion are also traditional Scottish
  instruments, the latter two heavily featured in
  Scottish country dance bands.

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Loch Ness monster

• The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that is
  reputed to inhabit Loch Ness in the Scottish
  Highlands. The most frequent speculation is that
  the creature represents a line of long-surviving
  plesiosaurs. It is similar to other supposed lake
  monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its
  description varies from one account to the next.
• Popular interest and belief in the animal has
  fluctuated since it was brought to the world's
  attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is
  anecdotal, with minimal and much-disputed
  photographic material and sonar readings. It has
  been referred to by the nickname Nessie.

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Flora and Fauna

• Scotland's wildlife is typical of the north west
  of Europe, although several of the larger mammals
  such as the Lynx, Brown Bear, Wolf, Elk and
  Walrus were hunted to extinction in historic
  times. There are important populations of seals
  and internationally significant nesting grounds
  for a variety of seabirds such as Gannets.The
  Golden Eagle is something of a national icon.

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Climate

• The climate of Scotland is temperate and oceanic,
  and tends to be very changeable. It is warmed by
  the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic, and as such
  has much milder winters (but cooler, wetter
  summers) than areas on similar latitudes, for
  example Labrador, Canada, Moscow, or the
  Kamchatka Peninsula on the opposite side of
  Eurasia.
• However, temperatures are generally lower than in
  the rest of the UK, with the coldest ever UK
  temperature of -27.2 C (-16.96 F) recorded at
  Braemar in the Grampian Mountains, on 11 February
  1895.

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Transport

• Scotland has five main international airports
  (Glasgow International, Edinburgh, Aberdeen,
  Glasgow Prestwick and Inverness) which together
  serve 150 international destinations with a wide
  variety of scheduled and chartered flights. BAA
  operates three airports, (Aberdeen, Edinburgh and
  Glasgow International), and Highland and Islands
  Airports operates 11 regional airports,
  (including Inverness), which serve the more
  remote locations of Scotland. Infratil operates
  Glasgow Prestwick.

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