Ciudad de Londres

Londres 

               Siendo la capital de Inglaterra y  Reino Unido, Londres  es un importante asentamiento humano desde que fue fundada por los romanos con el nombre de Londinium hace casi dos milenios. Está situada al sur de Inglaterra y es recorrida por el rio Támesis, el centro de Londres se ubica a 60km de este rio. Tiene un clima templado oceánico.Desde 1067 la ciudad tuvo los mismos derechos que un condado y sólo dependió de la autoridad real. Tiene una superficie de 1.572 kilómetros cuadrados con un total de 8.630.000hab y una densidad de población de 5490hab/km cuadrado. Su población urbana es de 9.787.426 hab. y en el área metropolitana 13.879.757 hab. Londres es la sede del Gobierno del Reino Unido, ubicado alrededor del Palacio de Westminster. Es el principal centro financiero del mundo y una de las áreas metropolitanas con mayor PIB.





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EXMOUTH (IN ENGLISH)

EXMOUTH 

Exmouth is a port city of East Devon, England. It's located in the eastern bank of river Exe's mouth. Ther river gives de name to the city: Ex- mouth.
The mouth of the river is a special place for scientific interest and it's characterized by  its migratory birds. A big part of the estuary is inside of nature reserve.

CLIMATE 

The weather in Exmouth is usually hot and warm. The precipitations are abundant, even in the driest month. It’s classified like CFB in the Köppen and Geiger's climate's ranking. The average annual precipitations are about 822 mm. And the average annual temperature is about 9.8 ºC (208.4 F).

LANDSCAPES (INTERESTING PLACES)

Hawkridge Bird of Prey Centre

Exmouth beach

Phear Park

Dartmoor National Park

GEOGRAFY

Exmouth is a large granite plateau dated from the Carboniferous Period. This plateau is surrounded by a natural embankment and sprinkled by a lot of granitic hills, called tors, which give refuge to the local flora and fauna.

The highest point is High Willhays (621m above sea level). Every part of this land is rich in archaeology sites.

FAUNA

The great variety of fauna in Exmouth owes it a lot to its unique climate and its underlying topography match to the traditional farm activities.

Twenty-eight key species have been selected for their special conservation in the “Action Plan of Dartmoor’s Biodiversity”, including some globally endangered species and some popular and highly widespread, like the dormouse and the vulture. There are important populations of otters, dormouse, prawns… 

FLORA

There are different types of flora in this territory, from herbs like the cotton herb, violet moors, mosses, lichens, ferns… To trees like oak trees, hawthorns, holly…

ECONOMÍA

In Exmouth the population is about 30000 citizens. The main business activities are fishing, oil extraction, agriculture and livestock.

• OTHER CITIES WITH NAMES FINISHED IN -mouth.
• Exmouth (Australia)
• Alnmouth, Avonmouth, Axmouth, Barmouth, Bournemouth, Bishopwearmouth, Burnmouth, Charmouth, Cockermouth, Creekmouth, Dartmouth, Dartmouth Park, East Learmouth, East Portlemouth, East Stourmouth, Exmouth, Eyemouth, Falmouth, Garmouth, Grangemouth, Great Yarmouth, Lossiemouth, Lynemouth, Monkwearmouth, Monmouth (Trefynwy), Monmouth Cap, Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal, Morton Tinmouth, Old Portsmouth, Oystermouth, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Redesmouth, Sidmouth, Taymouth Castle, Teignmouth, Tweedmouth, Tynemouth, Weymouth, Widemouth Bay, West Stourmouth, West Learmouth, Yarmouth. (United Kingdom)

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