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England comprises the central and southern two-thirds of the island of Great Britain , plus offshore islands of which the largest is the Isle Of Wight . It is bordered to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales . It is closer to Continental Europe than any other part of Britain, divided from France only by a 21-mile (34-km) sea gap. Most of England consists of rolling hills, but it is more mountainous in the north with a chain of low mountains, the Pennines , dividing east and west. The dividing line between terrain types is usually indicated by the Tees-Exe Line . There is also an area of flat, low-lying marshland in the east, much of which has been drained for agricultural use. The list of England's largest cities is much debated because in is a Region and the City Of London is tiny), and that one of the two candidates for the status of England's "second city", Manchester, is down in sixth. In the UK, this method of ranking cities is generally used only by people whose own city is promoted by it. The Channel Tunnel , near Folkestone , links England to the European Mainland . The English/ French border is halfway along the tunnel. The highest temperature ever recorded in England was 38.5 °C (101.3 °F ) on August 10 , 2003 in Kent . {Link without Title} MAJOR RIVERS ''Main article: Rivers Of Great Britain '' The Severn is the longest English River, with the Thames and Trent second and third respectively. These are the three longest rivers in the United Kingdom.
MAJOR TOWNS AND CITIES ''Main article: List Of Towns In England '' The largest cities in England are as follows (in alphabetical order):
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