It shares borders with nine countries: Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Switzerland (its only non- EU neighbor) and Austria in the south, France in the southwest and Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands in the west. Germany has the second-most borders of any European country, after Russia. ![]() ![]() 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. The area of Germany ranked 63rd and covers 357,021 km 2 (137,847 sq mi), consisting of 349,223 km 2 (134,836 sq mi) of land and 7,798 km 2 (3,011 sq mi) of waters, smaller than Japan but larger than Republic of the Congo.Įlevation 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. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and is seventh-largest country by area in the continent. Germany ( German: Deutschland) is a country in Central and Western Europe that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The countries in white are other members of the European Union. Lowlands in north uplands in center Alps in southĬoal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable landįlooding and earthquake in Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia and Baden-Württemberg. ![]()
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