Geography Of Germany
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Location
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Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark
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Geographic coordinates
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51 00 N, 9 00 E
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Map references
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europe
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Area
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total: 357,021 sq km
water: 7,798 sq km
land: 349,223 sq km
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Area comparative
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slightly smaller than Montana
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Land boundaries
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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
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Coastline
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2,389 km
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Maritime claims
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territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
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Climate
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temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
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Terrain
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lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south
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Elevation extremes
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lowest point: Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m
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Natural resources
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coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land
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Land use
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arable land: 33.85%
permanent crops: 0.59%
other: 65.56% (2001)
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Irrigated land
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4,850 sq km (1998 est.)
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Natural hazards
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flooding
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Environment - current issues
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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
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Environment - international agreements
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party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulfur 85, Air Pollution-Sulfur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Seals, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants
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Geography note
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strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea
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This information was reproduced in part from the CIA World Fact book.
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