Øresund
Sign in to savethumb|275px|Aerial view of Øresund and the municipality of Landskrona in Sweden thumb|275px|Øresund Bridge from the air in September 2015 Øresund or Öresund (, ; ; ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of ; its width varies from to . The narrowest point is between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden.
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The Sound (Øresund) is a strait that separates Denmark and Sweden, forming the border between the Danish island of Zealand and the Swedish region of Scania. It matters as a major geographical feature connecting these two countries and as a strategic waterway, famously spanned by the Øresund Bridge.
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thumb|275px|Aerial view of Øresund and the municipality of Landskrona in Sweden thumb|275px|Øresund Bridge from the air in September 2015 Øresund or Öresund (, ; ; ), commonly known in English as the Sound, is a strait which forms the Danish–Swedish border, separating Zealand (Denmark) from Scania (Sweden). The strait has a length of ; its width varies from to . The narrowest point is between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden.
Øresund, along with the Great Belt, the Little Belt and the Kiel Canal, is one of four waterways that connect the Baltic Sea to the Atlantic Ocean via Kattegat, Skagerrak, and the North Sea; this makes it one of the busiest waterways in the world.