Scotland keeps its own legal system, separate from the rest of the United Kingdom since 1707. Its courts can return a third verdict, not proven, used nowhere else.

Scotland is one of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom

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Height

-11 m (-36 ft), 30 m (98 ft), 75 m (246 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 300 m (984 ft), 400 m (1310 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 750 m (2460 ft), 1000 m (3280 ft), Max altitude 1339 m (4390 ft)

Sea depth

0 m (0 ft), 150 m (492 ft), 600 m (1970 ft), 1800 m (5910 ft), 3200 m (10500 ft), deeper than 5200 m (17060 ft)

Winter snow (approximate)

Height from west to east in United Kingdom

Height from south to north in United Kingdom

1North Sea (North), Sea of the Hebrides (Northwest), North Atlantic Ocean (North), Irish Sea (Southwest), English Channel (South), Norwegian Sea (North)0 m2Thames0 to 176 m3Severn6 to 363 m