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Between lie the forested uplands of central Germany and the low-lying lands of northern Germany (lowest point: Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at 3.54 metres (11.6 ft) below sea level), traversed by some of Europe's major rivers such as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe. [4] Germany has the second-most borders of any European country, after Russia.
The surface geology of Germany has evolved to its current configuration due to regional differences in the action and appearance of external and internal forces during the last c. 20 million years. Germany can be divided into three physiographic regions: the Central European Depression, the Central European Blocks and the Alps.
Germany's major natural regions - Level 1: dark red, 2: orange, and 3: violet; major landscape unit groups: thin violet - based on the BfL classification. This division of Germany into major natural regions takes account primarily of geomorphological, geological, hydrological, and pedological criteria in order to divide the country into large, physical units with a common geographical basis.
A physical map of Germany. Germany is the seventh-largest country in Europe. [4] It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and Czechia to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. Germany is also bordered by the North Sea and, at the north-northeast, by the Baltic Sea.
The Central Uplands [1] [2] (German: die Mittelgebirge [3]) is one of the three major natural regions of Germany. It stretches east to west across the country. To the north lies the North German Plain or Northern Lowland; to the south, the Alps and the Alpine Foreland. [1]
The Hochkönig in the Berchtesgaden Alps. This list of mountain and hill ranges in Germany contains a selection of the main mountain and hill regions in Germany.. In addition the list shows the highest (German) mountain in the range together with its height above sea level (taken as Normalnull (NN)) and the state in which its highest elevation is located.
Physical map of Germany. The North German Plain largely corresponds to the dark green surfaces north of the tan-coloured low mountain ranges. Morning fog in East Frisia. The North German Plain or Northern Lowland [1] (German: Norddeutsches Tiefland) is one of the major geographical regions of Germany. It is the German part of the North European ...
Germany geography-related lists (6 C, 17 P) B. Borders of Germany (14 C, 20 P) C. Collective municipalities in Germany (10 C, 9 P) E. Ecoregions of Germany (2 C, 7 P)