A mountain is a natural raised part of Earth’s surface that is higher than a hill.

A city is a settlement that is usually larger than a town and has local government.

Farmland is land used for the growing and harvesting of crops or rearing animals for food or raw materials.

A coastline is the boundary between the land and the sea or ocean.

Geographical features in Wales

Geography

The UK and its surrounding seas

The countries and capital cities of the UK

Geographical features in Scotland

Geographical features in England

Geographical features in Northern Ireland

This unit links to 'Life in a capital city: London/Cardiff', in which a capital city of the UK is explored as a significant place in our country.

The unit extends understanding about the local area and the characteristics and features of place explored in units 'Local area: Where do we go to school?', 'Local area: Where do we live?', 'Seasons: How does the weather change through the year?' and 'Local area: Routes and maps where we play' to a national scale.

This unit introduces the United Kingdom as a country made up of four nations. Pupils learn to name and locate the nations, capital cities and surrounding seas, and explore distinctive geographical features across the UK using maps and images.

The UK: what kind of place is it?

Which of these types of physical feature would you find in Wales?

Which of these is an example of a physical feature?

land used for growing crops or rearing animals for food

a settlement that is usually larger than a town 

Match each keyword to the correct definition.

the area where land meets the sea or ocean

to the west of England on the island of Great Britain.

to the west of England on the island of Ireland.

to the west of England and south-west of Scotland.

to the north of England and south of Scotland.

What kinds of **physical features** would you find in the countryside? 

Geographical features in Wales

Lesson outcome