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B. Military geographic regions

Effect of terrain on operations by conventional ground forces, airmobile and airborne forces, amphibious forces, and irregular forces in the following regions:

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1. Southern and Coastal Lowlands 6
2. Interior Highlands 7
C. Strategic areas

Location, population, primary activities, key transportation elements, significant industries, and refined petroleum products storage capacity for the following areas:

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1. Stockholm-Goteborg 8
2. South Coastal 8
3. Other important areas 9
D. Internal routes

Tabular description of terrain, roads and railroads, and conditions for offroad dispersal and cross-country movement along routes leading from land and sea approaches to strategic areas and between strategic areas.

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E. Approaches

Description of boundaries with Norway and Finland.

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1. Land

Conditions for movement across borders by road and cross-country.

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2. Sea

Conditions for amphibious operations.

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3. Air

Weather conditions and terrain in air approaches within 200 nautical miles of borders.

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FIGURES
Fig. 1 Location and comparative areas (map) 1
Fig. 2 Military geographic regions and terrain (map) 2
Fig. 3 Plain southeast of Halmstad (photo) 3
Fig. 4 Mountains northwest of Kiruna (photo) 3
Fig. 5 Precipitation, snowfall days, snow depth, relative humidity, thunderstorm days, cloudiness, and temperatures (map and graphs) 5
Fig. 6 Coast northwest of Helsingborg 7
Fig. 7 Stockholm-Goteborg strategic area (map) 9
Fig. 8 Stockholm (photo) 10
Fig. 9 South coastal strategic area (map) 10
Fig. 10 Strategic areas, internal routes, and approaches (map) 11
Fig. 11 Internal routes (table) 12
Fig. 12 Land approaches (table) 15
Fig. 13 Amphibious landing areas (table) 16
Fig. 14 Terrain and transportation (map) 17


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