As we fly over England you’ll see how green it is. That’s because it has so much water; apart from the borders with Scotland and Wales England is surrounded by sea – The Celtic Sea the Irish Sea the North Sea and the English Channel which separates England from continental Europe. Today a railroad tunnel under the English Chunnel connects England with the rest of Europe.

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