Why is Britain shaped the way it is?

Question

Why is Britain shaped the way it is?

Answer 1

Because it's Great!

Answer 2

i concur with answer #1 with the inclusion of glacial erosion

Answer 3

Because of the sea eroding the land away

Answer 4

The designer was awful! He couldn't bare make a nice circular object or a square...

Answer 5

They were going to make it square, but thought it was a bit boring...

Answer 6

because the irish decided to go off and ruin the BLOODY perfect circle that it once was..

so terribly sad.

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Answer 7

tectonic plate movements and erosion - the same reason why every landmass is shaped the way it is.

Answer 8

Erosion by the sea and stuff to do with the plates!

Answer 9

Same reason every other land mass is shaped the way it is - plate tectonics and erosion.

Answer 10

if it was different shape I wouldn't be able to find my house

Answer 11

Gravity.    All the cr*p sinks to the bottom.

Answer 12

The sea eroding away at the coastlines of the land. It is a never ending process.  

Answer 13

because 2 million Englishmen finally said enough is enough. so fred and dougie set to with a shovel and spade... and dug a slit trench 650 miles long... then everyone else stuck a crowbar into the gap and heaved...

then, many many years later, some d**n fool dug a tunnel...

taken from the Budgie album with Breadfan on it...  

Answer 14

Erosion.

And something to do with plates

Answer 15

tectonic plate movement and faults

Answer 16

Mad Welsh designers.

Answer 17

perhaps you should be asking God

Answer 18

erosion by the seas and oceans

Answer 19

The island of England (exclude Ireland) was once attached to Europe; here is the configuration:

1) the line Brighton/London/Hull was rotated to the right at about 35 to 40 deg.

2)Norwich was next/aligned with to Rouen, France

3) Newcastle Upon Tyne  was next/aligned with Amsterdam

(my theory) Ireland moved from quite a bit.

Belfast was  was next/aligned with Barnstaple.

see this map, it fits:

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~imw/jpg/eurogy.j...

There are 2 tasks that you can do to give some clues:

-- draw a map (rough) of Northern Europe, cut out Ireland (the island) and England (the island) and try  to fit it on the coasts of France, Belgium, Holand, ...

-- match the geological structures of  Ireland (the island) and England (the island) and try  to fit it on the coasts of France, Belgium, Holand, ...

Answer 20

God made it that way