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fiogf49gjkf0d SWEDEN IS SITUATED ON THE SCANDINAVIAN PENINSULA AND IS EUROPE'S FOURTH LARGEST NATION. THE COUNTRY COVERS AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 449,964 SQ KM. NORWAY IS LOCATED ON THE WESTERN AND NORTHWESTERN BORDER, WITH FINLAND TO THE NORTHEAST, THE NORTH SEA TO THE SOUTHWEST, THE BALTIC SEA TO THE SOUTHEAST AND THE GULF OF BOTHNIA TO THE EAST. IT IS POSSIBLE TO DIVIDE SWEDEN INTO FOUR MAIN GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS: THE SMALAND, NORRLAND, SVEALAND AND SKANE. THE SMALAND CONSISTS OF AN AREA OF LOW HIGHLANDS, RICH IN FORESTS AND PEAT LANDS. PRACTICALLY ALL ELEVATIONS ARE LESS THAN 152M. NORRLAND IS A MORE MOUNTAINOUS REGION, COVERING APPROXIMATELY TWO THIRDS OF SWEDEN AND INCLUDES THE COUNTRY'S HIGHEST PEAK, MOUNT KEBNEKAISE AT 2111M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THIS REGION IS ALSO RICH IN FORESTS, WATERFALLS AND LARGE METALLIC ORE DEPOSITS. SVEALAND IS THE NEXT AREA AND CONSISTS OF A LOWLAND LAKE COUNTRY. GLACIAL GRAVEL RIDGES AND PRACTICALLY ALL OF SWEDEN'S 90,000 LAKES FEATURE THROUGHOUT THIS AREA. SWEDEN'S LARGEST LAKE IS LAKE VANERN AT APPROXIMATELY 3593 SQ KM. LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS SKANE, AN AREA OF SMALL AGRICULTURAL PLAINS IN THE SOUTH. SKANE IS RICH MOSTLY IN MARINE SOILS. THE GOTA, THE DAL AND THE ANGERMAN ARE THREE OF SWEDEN'S MAJOR RIVERS.
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