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FIGURE 9. This rural village in southwestern Jutland is the oval type, and small green spaces interspersed among the houses are common. The houses are clustered and generally have two to three stories (C) (picture)
FIGURE 11. Commercial building construction in the large urban areas shows a trend toward skyscrapers. This combination office building and hotel is on the outer fringes of the commercial area of Copenhagen. (C) (picture)
sided valleys and have sharp-pointed peaks and craggy hills and mountains extending several hundred feet above the general surface. Elevations are generally between 1,000 and 1,300 feet, but numerous peaks are more than 2,000 feet above sea level. The highest elevation in the islands is 2,891 feet. Slopes are more than 30% in many places. Lowlands generally are confined to narrow areas between the interior highlands and the sea and are very small.
Drainage features on the Faeroe Islands consist of numerous small streams and lakes. Most streams are short and swift flowing and plunge over the steep edges of the uplands into coastal fjords and sounds. No stream is more than 30 feet wide, and all are shallow. The bottoms are commonly rocky or are boulder filled,
FIGURE 10. Individual farmsteads such as shown here in central Jutland house the majority of the rural population of Denmark. The buildings generally are well constructed. (C) (photo)
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