Øresund

Baltic Sea entrance

Øresund is the strait separating the Danish island of Zealand from the Swedish province of Scania, connecting the Baltic Sea to the North Sea.

Also spelled Oresund or called the Sound in English.

The Øresund Bridge, completed in 2000, links Copenhagen and Malmö across the strait.

geography

strait

Constricted marine passage

  • DenmarkScandinavian constitutional monarchy
  • SwedenScandinavian country, capital Stockholm
  • CopenhagenDenmark's capital city

Malmö · Baltic · Scandinavian · channel · waterway · seaway · Nordic · Zealand · Scania · narrow

bridge

span

Distance between endpoints

motorway · railway · tunnel · engineering · infrastructure · commuter · transit · pylons · cable-stayed · binational

ecology

marine

Relating to the sea

  • ecosystemInterconnected organisms and surroundings
  • herringSmall silvery Atlantic fish
  • codCold-water food fish

seal · seabird · migration · spawning · algae · salinity · Baltic · pollution · conservation · fishery

region

transnational

Crossing country lines

commuters · economic · cooperation · binational · biotech · universities · collaboration · labor market · development · planning

Opposites
body of water type

Øresundopen ocean

Sea far from shore

Pacific Ocean · Atlantic Ocean · high seas · deep sea · landmass

geographic connectivity

Øresundbarrier

Obstruction preventing passage

divide · Sahara Desert · Himalayas

notable scandinavian/european straits

ØresundStrait of Gibraltar

Channel linking two seas

Bosphorus · Dardanelles · English Channel

Family

sound, ores

Familiarity
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