Denmark: Geography#
| Location | Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes several major islands (Sjaelland, Fyn, and Bornholm) |
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| Geographic Coordinates | 56 00 N, 10 00 E 56.0,10.0 |
| Area | total: 43,094 sq km land: 42,434 sq km water: 660 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 We are unable to verify those figures from Factbook, since the 6 main sources we used for checking give different figures as follows: Factbook: 43094 DBpedia: 42895 Geoname: 43094 Infoplease: 43094 Britannica: 43098 Wolfram: 43094 Attempted Explanation: Please help us to try to explain the discrepancies by sending us helpful information to office nospam@TUGraz.at @global-geography.org |
| Land boundaries | total: 140 km border countries: Germany 140 km |
| Coastline | 7,314 km |
| Elevation Extremes | lowest point: Lammefjord -7 m highest point: Mollehoj/Ejer Bavnehoj 171 m |
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| Terrain | low and flat to gently rolling plains |
| 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 |
| Natural Resource | petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand |
| Land Use | arable land: 57.99% permanent crops: 0.09% other: 41.91% (2011) |
| Climate | temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers |
| Irrigated Land | 4,354 sq km (2007) |
| Renewable Water Resources | 6 cu km (2011) |
| Environment_CurrentIssues | 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, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements |
| Large Cities | Copenhagen; Arhus; Odense; Aalborg; Frederiksberg [Verified] Important Cities |
| Geography-note | controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen Important Rivers Important Lakes |