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    Denmark Geography - 2004

    https://immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/denmark/denmark_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Location:
      Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn)

      Geographic coordinates:
      56 00 N, 10 00 E

      Map references:
      Europe

      Area:
      total: 43,094 sq km
      water: 700 sq km
      note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
      land: 42,394 sq km

      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 - as described in UNCLOS 1982 (see Notes and Definitions):
      territorial sea: 12 NM
      exclusive economic zone: 200 NM
      continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation

      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: Yding Skovhoej 173 m

      Natural resources:
      petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand

      Land use:
      arable land: 55.74%
      permanent crops: 0.19%
      other: 44.07% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:
      4,760 sq km (1998 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-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
      signed, but not ratified: 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 greater Copenhagen


      NOTE: The information regarding Denmark on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Denmark Geography 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Denmark Geography 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.

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