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 |
Europe |
Europe |
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 |
slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts |
slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts |
Germany 68 km |
Germany 68 km |
low and flat to gently rolling plains |
low and flat to gently rolling plains? |
Lammefjord -7 m |
Lammefjord? -7 m |
Ejer Bavnehoj 173 m |
[Ejer Bavnehoj]? 173 m |
petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, stone, gravel and sand |
petroleum, [natural gas]?, fish, salt, limestone, stone?, gravel? and sand? |
arable land: |
arable land: |
forests and woodland: |
forests and woodland?: |
Irrigated land: |
[Irrigated land]?: |
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 |
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 |
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 |