One part of the UK. Ireland

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Geographical position. Ireland occupies a large part of the island of

Geographical position.

Ireland occupies a large part of the island of the

same name in the north-eastern part of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent small islands. The island of Ireland - West of the two largest of the British Isles, it is located between 6 ° 20'-10 ° 20 's. d. and 51 ° 25'-55 ° 23 'with. w. From the east it is bordered by the Irish Sea and the Straits of St. George and the North, from the South - the Celtic Sea, and from the west and north - the open waters of the Atlantic Ocean. The length from west to east - 300 km, from north to south - about 450 km. The highest point - Mount Karrantuil (1041 m).
The total area - about 70.2 thousand sq. Km. The length of the border with the United Kingdom - 360 km.
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Climate Climate Ireland - moderate sea. Breeze west coast of the

Climate

Climate Ireland - moderate sea. Breeze west coast of the island

passes warm North Atlantic Current, which, together with the south-westerly winds from the Atlantic Ocean bring warm and moist air masses.
Winters are quite mild, and the summer - cool. The warmest month of the year - July, with an average temperature of 18-20 degrees. The coldest month - January, the temperature dipped to 7-9 degrees.
The average annual rainfall up to 1200 mm of rainfall, but their distribution in the territory irregularly. Maximum values ​​are typical for the western part of the island, thanks to the influence of the sea, their number can reach 1600 mm. While in the east and in the central part of the country is celebrated around 800-1000 mm.

Climate Ireland (according to the weather station Dublin Airport)
The index in January. February. Mar Apr. May June July August. September. October. Nov. December. Year
The absolute maximum, ° C 16,6 15,3 21,3 20,5 23,4 25,1 27,6 28,7 23,9 21,2 18,0 16,2 28,7
Average maximum, ° C 7,6 7,5 9,5 11,4 14,2 17,2 18,9 18,6 16,6 13,7 9,8 8,4 12,8
The average temperature, ° C 5,0 5,0 6,3 7,9 10,5 13,4 15,1 14,9 13,1 10,6 7,0 5,9 9,6
Average minimum, ° C 2,5 2,5 3,1 4,4 6,8 9,6 11,4 11,1 9,6 7,6 4,2 3,4 6,4
The absolute minimum, ° C -9,4 -6,2 -6,7 -3,7 -1 1,5 4,8 4,1 1,7 -0,6 -3,4 -10,1 -10, 1
Rainfall in mm 50.4 53.5 51.1 69.5 54.8 55.8 50 71.1 66.4 70.1 64.3 75.8 732.8

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Ecological state. Historically, we have a situation where the Irish have

Ecological state.

Historically, we have a situation where the Irish have never

had a heavy and environmentally harmful industries. The only source of contamination present in the country - agricultural waste, which leads to contamination of sewage and river water in some areas of the country.
The population of Ireland is the nature and environmental heritage of their country and take a lot of measures to reduce human impact on the ecological state of the environment: sorting and recycling, not using disposable bags in supermarkets, high taxes on environmentally unfriendly cars, and so on. If you throw garbage on the street, you have to charge a fine of 5 000 euro