Söderslätt ("South Plain") is a Swedish agricultural district, known for its very high quality soil. It is located in the south-west of

Scania Scania ( ), also known by its native name of Skåne (), is the southernmost of the historical provinces of Sweden, provinces () of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous w ...

, at the southernmost peak of the

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. It isn't an administrative area but is usually considered to comprise four municipalities: Skurup, Svedala,

Trelleborg Trelleborg () is a town in Skåne County, Sweden, with 43,359 inhabitants as of 31 December 2015. It is the southernmost town in Sweden located some west from the Smygehuk, southernmost point of Sweden and the Scandinavian Peninsula. It is one ...

and Vellinge (of which the latter includes the Falsterbo Peninsula).

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, Scania's largest city, is not really associated with this agricultural area. But that city's eastern end equals Söderslätt's western boundary. Whilst the smaller town

sooner is a part of the area. It's the southernmost town at the entire

and has extensive car ferry traffic with the European continent.

Climate and nature

A fairly mild winter climate in combination with stone-free

boulder clay Boulder clay is an unsorted agglomeration of clastic sediment that is unstratified and structureless and contains gravel of various sizes, shapes, and compositions distributed at random in a fine-grained matrix. The fine-grained matrix consists o ...

gives the area very good yield It is located east of

, south-east of

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and down to the southernmost peak of Sweden Smygehuk (latitude N 55°20′). Söderslätt has only a few tiny

beech Beech (genus ''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to subtropical (accessory forest element) and temperate (as dominant element of Mesophyte, mesophytic forests) Eurasia and North America. There are 14 accepted ...

forests, and on sandy soil the typical combination of

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. ''World Flora Online'' accepts 134 species-rank taxa (119 species and 15 nothospecies) of pines as cu ...

and

birch A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus ''Betula'' (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech- oak family Fagaceae. The genus ''Betula'' contains 3 ...

instead. The landscape almost lacks lakes and rivers. A few ponds and minor streams. The Falsterbo Peninsula is connected to Söderslätt, though physically separated by the canal known as ''Falsterbokanalen''. ''Falsterbo Horse Show'' is organized annually in Falsterbo, where also several links golf courses are located. They are typically opened all year, but may close (or use special "winter greens") in case of snow. Falsterbo is most well known as an important ornithological station. Migratory birds are flying toward the south-west during the autumn, many of them attempt to follow land as long as they can (especially such birds that cannot land on water), and as Falsterbo is located as south-west as possible at the

. The migratory birds tend to gather around Falsterbo for a rest or until the weather conditions are good in order to fly across the

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to the

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. The high number of migratory birds during September, October and November also attract

birds of prey Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as (although not the same as) raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively predation, hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and smaller birds). In addition to speed ...

to the area.

Malmö-Sturup Airport

Malmö airport Sturup (ICAO: ESMS, IATA: MMX) is located at Söderslätt, some 35 km east of its city. It's an airport of rather low importance. Domestic flights to

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departure around every hour. To this only a few daily international departures can be added. The main reason for Sweden's third-largest city to have such a small airport is that Kastrup Airport (ICAO:EKCH, IATA: CPH) in

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is located closer (to Malmö), have train connections and Kastrup has worldwide connections, it is the largest airport in

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References

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