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Køge Å
Køge Å is a 20.6 km long stream or small river which drains into the Bay of Køge in central Køge, on the east coast of Zealand, some 40 km south of Copenhagen, Denmark. The stream originates in the area south of the protected Regnemarks Mose boglands and is 10 metres wide at its mouth. A 22 km gravel road for cyclists and pedestrians follows the stream from the town of Køge to Humleore on onwards to Borup station. Extraction of groundwater for Copenhagen's water supply has drained its basin since the 1960s and the stream is therefore fed with water from Kimmerslev Lake in dry periods and a pumping station at Skovhuse Vænge also feeds it with ground water. Ecology Køge Å is home to the endangered Spined loach (''Cobitis taenia''). Landmarks A 22-km long gravel road for pedestrians and cyclists follows the stream. The listed Køge Bridge dates from 1637. It was designed by Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger Hans van Steenwinckel the Younger (24 June 1587 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous administrative division, autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean.* * * Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Denmark proper is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.The island of Bornholm is offset to the east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. The Kingdom of Denmark, including the Faroe Islands and Greenland, has roughly List of islands of Denmark, 1,400 islands greater than in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |