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The Baltic Sea is the final recipient of pollutants from the
entire basin
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The Baltic Sea is situated on high northern latitudes
consequently the climate is cool and the water cold.
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The Baltic Sea is one of the largest brackish water bodies
in the world
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Comparatively few species live in the Baltic Sea
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The Baltic Sea in a productive sea, fishing is important
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The Baltic Sea is an unusually sensitive water body
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The average depth of the Baltic Sea is 50 meters
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The exchange of water with the ocean through the Danish
straits is restricted
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The Baltic Sea has the largest archipelago in world
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The Baltic Sea is the best monitored water body in the world
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In 1974 the Helsinki Convention and Commission for the
protection of the Baltic Sea were created
