Which one of the following countries is called the 'country of winds'?
- A.India
- B.China
- C.Denmark
- D.Germany
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The correct answer is C, Denmark. Denmark is known as the country of winds because strong westerly winds blow across its flat land and long North Sea coast for most of the year.
Denmark sits on the Jutland peninsula and several islands between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea, with no mountains to break the wind. The Danes turned this into an advantage: they built wind turbines early, and today wind power supplies about half of the country's electricity, one of the highest shares in the world. Major turbine makers are based there, and the world's first offshore wind farm, Vindeby, was built off its coast in 1991.
A, India, is known by other epithets, such as a land of diversity, not as the country of winds.
B, China, is called the Middle Kingdom.
D, Germany, is not known by this name, though it also produces much wind power.
Exam tip: Denmark, country of winds; Norway, land of the midnight sun; Japan, land of the rising sun; Finland, land of a thousand lakes.
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