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fiogf49gjkf0d GENERAL DESCRIPTION. -------------------- DENMARK IS BORDERED IN THE SOUTH BY ITS ONLY LANDWARD NEIGHBOUR GERMANY. THIS COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF THE MAINLAND AND 483 ISLANDS, STRETCHING ALONG THE NORTH SEA ON THE WEST, THE SKAGERRAK STRAIT IN THE NORTH AND THE KATTEGAT STRAIT AND BALTIC SEA TO THE EAST. GREENLAND AND THE FAROE ISLANDS ARE ALSO UNDER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK. DENMARK'S MAINLAND OCCUPIES THE JUTLAND PENINSULA WHICH IS A LOWLAND AREA AVERAGING ABOUT 30M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WITH THE HIGHEST PEAK OF YDING SKOVHOJ HILL REACHING APPROXIMATELY 170M. THE TWO LARGEST ISLANDS ARE SJAELLAND AND FYN. THE GUDENA IS DENMARK'S LARGEST RIVER AND FLOWS FROM DENMARK IS BORDERED IN THE SOUTH BY ITS ONLY LANDWARD NEIGHBOUR GERMANY. THIS COUNTRY IS MADE UP OF THE MAINLAND AND 483 ISLANDS, STRETCHING ALONG THE NORTH SEA ON THE WEST, THE SKAGERRAK STRAIT IN THE NORTH AND THE KATTEGAT STRAIT AND BALTIC SEA TO THE EAST. GREENLAND AND THE FAROE ISLANDS ARE ALSO UNDER THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK. DENMARK'S MAINLAND OCCUPIES THE JUTLAND PENINSULA WHICH IS A LOWLAND AREA AVERAGING ABOUT 30M ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WITH THE HIGHEST PEAK OF YDING SKOVHOJ HILL REACHING APPROXIMATELY 170M. THE TWO LARGEST ISLANDS ARE SJAELLAND AND FYN. THE GUDENA IS DENMARK'S LARGEST RIVER AND FLOWS FROM EAST CENTRAL JUTLAND IT'S SOURCE TO THE RANDER'S FJORD ON THE EASTERN COAST. THE LARGEST OF THE COUNTRY'S MANY LAKES IS LAKE ARRESO.
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