| Climate Germany :
| temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind
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| Terrain Germany :
| lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south
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| Elevation extremes lowest Germany :
| Neuendorf bei Wilster -3.54 m
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| Elevation extremes highest Germany :
| Zugspitze 2,963 m
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| Natural resources Germany :
| coal, lignite, natural gas, iron ore, copper, nickel, uranium, potash, salt, construction materials, timber, arable land
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| Land use arableland Germany :
| 33,85%
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| Irrigated land Germany :
| 4,850 sq km (1998 est.)
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| Natural hazards Germany :
| flooding
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| Environment current issues Germany :
| 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 established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; 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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| Geography note Germany :
| strategic location on North European Plain and along the entrance to the Baltic Sea
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