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    Germany Geography - 2004

    https://immigration-usa.com/wfb2004/germany/germany_geography.html
    SOURCE: 2004 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      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
      water: 7,798 sq km
      land: 349,223 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 - as described in UNCLOS 1982 (see Notes and Definitions):
      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: 33.88%
      permanent crops: 0.65%
      other: 65.47% (1998 est.)

      Irrigated land:
      4,850 sq km (1998 est.)

      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

      Environment - international agreements:
      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

      Geography - note:
      strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea


      NOTE: The information regarding Germany on this page is re-published from the 2004 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Germany Geography 2004 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Germany Geography 2004 should be addressed to the CIA.



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