Wales
Wales (Welsh Cymru)The western part of Great Britain and a principality of the United Kingdom . Wales measures roughly 225 km (140 miles) from north to south and between 60 and 160 km from west to east, where it borders England. This border region, the Marches, is a stretch of pastureland much broken by hills, woods, and twisting rivers. It rises to the Cambrian Mountains, which stretch down the centre of the country. In the south‐east are the Brecon Beacons and coalfields, and in the south‐west the Pembroke Peninsula with its rocky coasts. Snowdonia is in the north‐west. There are deposits of coal and slate and water is an important Welsh resource. Coalmining and steel production were the main economic activities in Wales until the 1980s, when depletion of the coal seams led to closure of most of the mines. South Wales is now a major centre for the manufacture of electronic goods....
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