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Germany
Last reviewed: 16 November 2009

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GEOGRAPHY

Germany is in Central Europe, bordering the North Sea and the Baltic Sea between the Netherlands and Poland, and to the south of Denmark. It has land boundaries with Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland. Germany has a coastline of 2,389 km. The terrain is generally lowland in the north, with uplands in the centre and the Bavarian Alps in the south. The climate is temperate with cool, cloudy, wet winters and occasional warm summers. Over 30% of the country is forest and woodland.

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Useful Links

• BBC Timeline of Germany
• British Council: Germany
• British-German Forum - Wilton Park
• German Parliament
• German Government
• German Tourist Board
• UK Trade & Investment Country Profile: Germany
• The Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society
• The British-German Association
• UK German Connection
  

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