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Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany
Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany

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Europe
Europe

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includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

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slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts
slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts

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Germany 68 km
Germany 68 km

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low and flat to gently rolling plains
low and flat to gently rolling plains?

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Lammefjord -7 m
Lammefjord? -7 m

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Ejer Bavnehoj 173 m
[Ejer Bavnehoj]? 173 m

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petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand
petroleum, [natural gas]?, fish, salt, limestone, stone?, gravel? and sand?

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arable land:

arable land:

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forests and woodland:

forests and woodland?:

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Irrigated land:

[Irrigated land]?:


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flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes
flooding? is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland?) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes

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air pollution, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides
[air pollution]?, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides

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controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in Copenhagen
controls [Danish Straits]? (Skagerrak? and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in Copenhagen

Location: Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany

Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 10 00 E

Map references: Europe

Area:
total: 43,094 sq km
land: 42,394 sq km
water: 700 sq km
note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland

Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts

Land boundaries:
total: 68 km
border countries: Germany 68 km

Coastline: 7,314 km

Maritime claims:
contiguous zone: 24 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
territorial sea: 12 nm

Climate: temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Terrain: low and flat to gently rolling plains?

Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Lammefjord? -7 m
highest point: [Ejer Bavnehoj]? 173 m

Natural resources: petroleum, [natural gas]?, fish, salt, limestone, stone?, gravel? and sand?

Land use:
arable land: 60%
permanent crops: 0%
permanent pastures: 5%
forests and woodland?: 10%
other: 25% (1993 est.)

[Irrigated land]?: 4,350 sq km (1993 est.)

Natural hazards: flooding? is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland?) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes

Environment - current issues: [air pollution]?, principally from vehicle and power plant emissions; nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of the North Sea; drinking and surface water becoming polluted from animal wastes and pesticides

Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Law of the Sea

Geography - note: controls [Danish Straits]? (Skagerrak? and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in Copenhagen


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