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What are some of the geographic features of germany?

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what are some of the geographic features of germany (mountains islands volcanoes deserts seas and lakes) help

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  1. Location:  

    Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark  

    Geographic coordinates:  

    51 00 N, 9 00 E  

    Map references:  

    Europe  

    Area:    

    total: 357,021 sq km

    land: 349,223 sq km

    water: 7,798 sq km  

    Area - comparative:  

    slightly smaller than Montana  

    Land boundaries:  

    total: 3,621 km

    border countries: Austria 784 km, Belgium 167 km, Czech Republic 646 km, Denmark 68 km, France 451 km, Luxembourg 138 km, Netherlands 577 km, Poland 456 km, Switzerland 334 km  

    Coastline:  

    2,389 km  

    Maritime claims:  

    territorial sea: 12 nm

    exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

    continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation  

    Climate:  

    temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind  

    Terrain:  

    lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south  

    Elevation extremes:  

    lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m

    highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m  

    Natural resources:  

    coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land  

    Land use:  

    arable land: 33.13%

    permanent crops: 0.6%

    other: 66.27% (2005)  

    Irrigated land:  

    4,850 sq km (2003)  

    Total renewable water resources:  

    188 cu km (2005)  

    Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):  

    total: 38.01 cu km/yr (12%/68%/20%)

    per capita: 460 cu m/yr (2001)  

    Natural hazards:  

    flooding  

    Environment - current issues:  

    emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive


  2. Big mounds of that one thing. Jews.

    I just wanna do hood rat stuff with my friends.

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