The Great Ireland

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Physical Geography
Ireland is in Europe on the west coast of the Atlantic Ocean.There are four provinces that make up Ireland. These four provinces are: Connacht, Munster, Leinster, and Ulster. Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle, because of its green color. The country of Ireland is a detached fragment from the European mainland and most of the country is 500 feet above sea level. It is separated from Great Britain by the Irish Sea and from mainland Europe by the Celtic Sea Ireland is definitely not the warmest place in the world, especially with a surface that is covered with Glacial Drift from the Pleistocene Ice Age. The Pleistocene Ice Age was a period in Ireland's history that left eskers (long gavel ridges) and small hills. Most of the soil is formed of Glacial Drift, but limestone has become the most bedrock in Ireland.
Ireland is on the western fringe of Europe between the latitude 51 1/2 and 55 1/2 degrees North and longitude 51/2 to 10 1/2 degrees West. The greatest length of Ireland is the Malin Head (north) to Mizen Head (south) and this is 486 kilometers. The greates...

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