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Denmark is a constitutional monarchy.

Queen Margrethe II has no real political power, and the


parliament, Folketinget, is the country's highest authority.
Denmark is attached directly to continental Europe.

Relief

Denmark proper is a lowland area that lies, on average, not more than 100 feet (30 meters) above
sea level.

A scenic boundary representing the extreme limit reached by the Scandinavian and Baltic ice
sheets runs from Nissum Fjord on the western coast of Jutland eastward toward Viborg, from there
swinging sharply south down the spine of the peninsula toward Åbenrå and the German city of
Flensburg, just beyond the Danish frontier.

Soils

In most of Denmark the soil rests on glacially deposited gravel, sand, and clay, under which lie
ancient chalk and limestone.

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