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The United Kingdom weighs 24,000,000 billion tonnes, and Oxford is the heaviest city, according to new research.

The study found that despite its mountains, Scotland is actually lighter than England and Wales, while Oxford weighs more than anywhere else, with Cornwall and North Scotland the lightest areas.

The figures make Britain heavier per square kilometre than Germany, but far behind Austria, which with its Alpine mountain ranges and rocky foundations is proportionately Europe's heaviest country.

Scientists at the University of Technology in Vienna and at the University of Leeds calculated the weight based on the thickness of the earth's crust in a given area.

They found Austria weighs 9,400,000 billion tonnes, making it 112 billion tonnes per kilometre, and therefore heavier per square kilometre than any other country in Europe.

Neighbouring Germany weighs 28,000,000 billion tonnes, even though in terms of area it is four times as big, giving it a weight of just 78.4 billion tonnes per kilometre.

Prof Greg Houseman, from the University of Leeds, said England weighs in at 13,000,000 billion tonnes, making it 100 billion tonnes per kilometre, just above the UK average, which is 98 billion tonnes per kilometre.

Of the UK, Scotland weighs the least per kilometre at 88,000 tonnes per kilometre, or a total of 6,600,000 billion tons. Wales is 2,000,000 billion tons or 98,000 tonnes per kilometre

Prof Houseman said: "In Scotland the earth's crust is in some places only 24 kilometres thick, and at its thickest 35 kilometres. The thinnest place is Northern Scotland. In England, in contrast, some parts are up to 50 kilometres thick.

"The heaviest part of the UK is Oxford, where the earth's crust is particularly thick and ground weighs 140,000 tonnes per kilometre. On the other hand the lightest is Cornwall, where land weighs just 78,000 tonnes per kilometre."

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Ok ... how is this related to ... health?

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LOL... I'm sorry, I must confess I only skim-read it and I originally thought it was about the weight of the people in each of these places.

Duh... I need to get more sleep.

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altyfc wrote:

Duh... I need to get more sleep.

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The UK needs to go on a diet. Need to shed some of that crust!