2007-08-02 23:03:29 · 27 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
it is floating away but very slowly...
2007-08-06 03:36:28 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is an island but it is attached to an even bigger tectonic plate which holds the majority of Europe. Each continent is more or less on its own tectonic plate which is a large piece of rock wich moves slowly across the surface of the earth. The island does not "float" ontop of the sea.
The movement of the tectonic plates are slow and as they rub together you get things like earthquakes.
Heres a site that shows you a map of the plates: http://geology.er.usgs.gov/eastern/plates.html
2007-08-02 23:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by Showaddywaddy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Firstly, may I say that's a very good question! :)
I believe it's because it's "stuck" to the Earth - it isn't really effectively floating above the water. Islands are merely pieces of the Earth's crust that stick of of the water.
Or at least that's what I can come up with in 2 minutes. Sorry if it doesn't help!
2007-08-02 23:07:14 · answer #3 · answered by Phill 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
before i answer that, let me ask you something...if your brain has nothing inside, how come you are not floating...it's supose to be a joke, ok? anyway, uk or any other island in the earth are not floating, alright? icebergs do float and if that don't suit you, maybe this one will:
because all people in the u.k. are obese...hahahaha....
have a nice day, bud!
2007-08-06 21:47:56 · answer #4 · answered by cannedguds 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are u kidding. Island doesnt float on water. An Island is surround by water.
Iceberg float on water
2007-08-02 23:06:26 · answer #5 · answered by Roy K 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it doesnt float away because it has milions of wombles below ground who take it in turns to harness themselves to the uk and swim in a downward manner thus creating a pulling force between the uk and the sea. Glad I could be of help.
2007-08-03 09:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by DAVID R 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course it cant float-away!! But it is drifting away from france tectonically ;as it were; at a rate of 30 cm a year(approx) I just hope that "eurotunnel engineers" realise that their construction is actually stretching year by year???
2007-08-06 09:19:59 · answer #7 · answered by omegaman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because it's a protrusion of rock from the sea floor.
However, if you pull up the anchors it will float away, and then the anchor police will give you a very large ticket.
2007-08-02 23:07:10 · answer #8 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because the land goes deeper than the sea. The UK is not floating
2007-08-02 23:05:41 · answer #9 · answered by L 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because it is not a boat! doh!!!!
an Island is surrounded by water, not floating in it - comes from the term, Iso as in isolated. by the way the UK is about a thousand Islands, the mainland (england/scotland/wales) Eire, Isle of Wight, Man, anglesea, Scilli Isles, Channel Isle, Western Isles - you get the picture?
2007-08-02 23:09:53 · answer #10 · answered by DAVID C 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Cause it's not floaing... it's only the surrounding sea-bed which is at a lower level. The UK is raised land, which is higher than the higest part of the sea. That is very fortunate.
2007-08-02 23:07:02 · answer #11 · answered by golfgirl 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋