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Germany is a country in Central Europe, stretching from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. Germany has the second largest population in Europe (after the European part of Russia) and is seventh largest in area. The territory of Germany covers 357,021 km2 (137,847 sq mi), consisting of 349,223 km2 (134,836 sq mi) of land and 7,798 km2 (3,011 sq mi) ofwater.
Elevation ranges from the mountains of the Alps (highest point: the Zugspitze at 2,962 metres (9,718 ft) in the south to the shores of the North Sea(Nordsee) in the northwest and the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) in the northeast. 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 sealevel), traversed by some of Europe's majorrivers such as the Rhine, Danube and Elbe.[1]
Germany shares borders with nine European countries, second only to Russia: Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east,Austria and Switzerland in the south, France in the southwest and Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in the west.
Area
Germany is in Western and Central Europe,bordering Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Austria and Switzerlandin the south, France and Luxembourg in the south-west, and Belgium and the Netherlands in the north-west. It lies mostly between latitudes 47°and 55° N (the tip of Sylt is just north of 55°), and longitudes 5° and 16° E. The territory covers 357,021 km2 (137,847 sq mi), consisting of 349,223 km2 (134,836 sqmi) of land and 7,798 km2 (3,011 sq mi) of water. It is the seventh largest country by area in Europe and the 63rd largest in the world.[1]
Climate
Germany's climate is temperate and marine, with cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers and in the south occasional warm föhn wind. The greater part of Germany lies in the cool/temperate climatic zone in which humid westerly winds predominate. In thenorthwest and the north the climate is extremely oceanic and rain falls all the year round. Winters there are relatively mild and summers comparatively cool. In the east the climate shows clear continental features; winters can be very cold for long periods, and summers can become very warm. Dry periods are often recorded.
In the centre and the south there is a transitional climate which may bepredominantly oceanic or continental, according to the general weather situation. Winters are mild and summers tend to be cool, though maximum temperatures can exceed 30 °C (86 °F) for several days in a row during heat waves. The warmest regions of Germany can be found in the south-west (see rhine rift, German Wine Route and Palatinate). Here summers can be hot with a high number of days exceeding30 °C(86 °F). Sometimes minimum temperatures don't drop under 20 °C (68 °F), which is relatively rare in other regions.[2][3]




Natural resources
Natural resources
 Iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel, arable land, water

Demographics
with estimated 81.8 million inhabitants in January 2010, Germany is the most populous country in theEuropean Union and ranks as the 15th largest country in the world in terms of population. Its population density stands at 229.4 inhabitants per square kilometer. The United Nations Population Fund lists Germany as host to the third-highest number of international migrants worldwide,[9] around 20% of Germany´s population do not hold a German passport or are descendents of immigrants.
Administrativedivisions
Germany comprises sixteen states that are collectively referred to as Länder.[10] Each state has its own state constitution[11] and is largely autonomous in regard to its internal organisation. Due to differences in size and population the subdivision of these states varies, especially between city states (Stadtstaaten) and states with larger territories (Flächenländer). For regional...