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nature appears here and there, covered only with a layer of sand. 

 In Danmarks Havn the soft kind of bottom-soil is much more 

 widely distributed than the hard owing to the sheltered situation. 

 The hard bottom is found at places where the currents are strong 

 (e. g. at the entrance to the harbour); further at several places in 

 the neighbouring fjords (Stormbugt, Øresund etc.) and outside the 



Fig. 5. Depths in Danmarks Havn. 



coast, for example, at below 200 m off the whole of Germania Land 

 and at 300 m at one place there. 



If we can thus say regarding this bottom-soil, that it is common 

 at less than ca. 100 m (in the fjords we have at this depth rocks, 

 stones and gravel nearest the shore, sand further out) but in deeper 

 waters only occurs as banks here and there ^, the soft bottom-soil 



' Tliis liolds good in mucli less degree for the fjords than for the sea outside the coast. 



