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Laholm Bay

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The bay is shallow with an average depth of about 20 metres (66 ft) and a shoreline of about 50 kilometres (31 mi). Mighty dunes separate the beach from the rest of the coastal area. In the greater part of the bay, the bottom consists of sand and clay, with depths of 14.5 to 18 metres (48
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to 59 ft). But a wide strip of rocky bottom, with depths of 12 to 18 metres (39 to 59 ft), extends south-southwestward from the northeastern part of the bay to Hovs Hallar.
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from agriculture, forests, and rivers) in relation to the shallow water depth. As of 2005, measures to reduce the supply of nitrogen have not yielded satisfactory results.
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was used in the past as a country road, with bus traffic to Båstad already in the 1930s.
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in the south. The Bjäre Peninsula, which forms its southern edge, separates it from
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Swedish
Sunset over Laholm Bay
Map showing Laholm Bay
Map showing Laholm Bay
Halland County
Skåne County
Sweden
56°32′N 12°47′E / 56.53°N 12.78°E / 56.53; 12.78
Kattegat
Halmstad
not a well-defined measure
Swedish
Kattegat
Tylösand
Hovs Hallar
Skälder Bay
Halland
Skåne
Båstad
Båstad
Skummeslövsstrand
Mellbystrand
Laholm
long sandy beach
eutrophication
algal blooms
nitrogen


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