| Climate Denmark :
| temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
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| Terrain Denmark :
| low and flat to gently rolling plains
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| Elevation extremes lowest Denmark :
| Lammefjord -7 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Denmark :
| Yding Skovhoej 173 m
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| Natural resources Denmark :
| petroleum, natural gas, fish, salt, limestone, chalk, stone, gravel and sand
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| Land use arableland Denmark :
| 54,02%
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| Irrigated land Denmark :
| 4,760 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Denmark :
| 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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| Environment current issues Denmark :
| 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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| Geography note Denmark :
| controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas; about one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen
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