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Location: Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark |
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Location: :Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark |
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Geographic coordinates: 51 00 N, 9 00 E |
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:Geographic coordinates: 51 00 N, 9 00 E :Map references: Europe |
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Map references: Europe |
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Area: :total: 357,021 sq km :land: 349,223 sq km :water: 7,798 sq km |
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Area: total: 357,021 sq km land: 349,223 sq km water: 7,798 sq km |
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:comparative: slightly smaller than Montana |
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Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Montana |
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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 |
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Climate: :temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm foehn wind |
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Coastline: 2,389 km |
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Terrain: :lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south |
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Maritime claims: continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation exclusive economic zone: 200 nm territorial sea: 12 nm |
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Elevation extremes: :lowest point: Freepsum Lake -2 m :highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m |
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Climate: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm foehn wind |
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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 |
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Terrain: lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south |
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:Coastline: 2,389 km |
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Elevation extremes: lowest point: Freepsum Lake -2 m highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m |
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:Maritime claims: :continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation :exclusive economic zone: 200 nm :territorial sea: 12 nm |
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Natural resources: iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land |
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Land use: :arable land: 33% :permanent crops: 1% :permanent pastures: 15% :forests and woodland: 31% :other: 20% (1993 est.) |
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Land use: arable land: 33% permanent crops: 1% permanent pastures: 15% forests and woodland: 31% other: 20% (1993 est.) Irrigated land: 4,750 sq km (1993 est.) |
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Natural resources: :iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land :Irrigated land: 4,750 sq km (1993 est.) |
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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 currently attempting to define mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power; 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 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 currently attempting to define mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power; 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: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol |
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International Agreements: :party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling :signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol |
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Geography - note: strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea |
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Geography - note: strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea |
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Geography - note: strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea
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