A
sea in Northern
Europe with
brackish water, surrounded by the
Scandinavian Peninsula and the mainland of east and central
Europe. It drains into
Kattegat and the
North Sea through
Öresund and the Big and Little Belt of Denmark.
The Baltic Sea contains the big islands
Contries with access to the Baltic Sea:
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany.
Water paths that drain into the Baltic Sea include (clockwise from Öresund:
- Svartån? (at Svarte? near Ystad?),
- Tommarpaån? (at Simrishamn?),
- Helgeån? (at Nyehusen? near Kristianstad?),
- Hemån? (at Karlskrona?),
- Ljungbyån? (at Ljungby? near Kalmar?),
- Göta Kanal (at Mem? near Söderköping?),
- Motala ström (at Norrköping),
- [Stockholm ström]? (at Stockholm),
- Dalälven? (at Gävle?),
- Indalsälven? (at Sundsvall?),
- Ångermanälven? (at Härnösand?),
- [Ume älv]?,
- [Skellefte älv]? (at Skellefteå?),
- [Lule älv]? (at Luleå?),
- [Kalix älv]? (at Kalix?),
- [Torne älv]? (at Haparanda?/Tornio?),
- Kemijoki? (at Kemi?),
- Oulujoki? (at Oulu?),
- [[Kokemäenjoki]] (at Pori?),
- Kymijoki? (at Kotka?),
- Neva (at St Petersburg),
- ??? (at Tallinn?),
- Daugava (at Riga),
- Radaune at Gdansk
- Rheda near Neustadt
- Leba at Lebasee
- Stolpe at Stolpmuende
- Wipper at Ruegenwalde
- Persante at Kolberg
- Rega near Treptow
- Oder/Odra? at Stettin/Szczecin
- Uecker at Ueckermuende
- Peene at Anklam
- Recknitz at Ribnitz-Baumgarten
- Warnow at (Rostock) , Warnemuende
- ??? at Wismar
- Trave at Lübeck Travemuende)
- Schlei near Schleswig and Kappeln