Germany’s diverse landscapes offer travelers a wide range of vistas, from long beaches by lake and sea to vast lowland plains, to Alpine peaks. Denmark lies to the north of Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, and France to the west, Switzerland and Austria to the South, and Czech Republic and Poland to the east. Germany’s two coasts, on the Baltic Sea (Ostsee) and North Sea, are in the north, east, and west of the Jutland peninsula that joins Denmark.
Germany is about the size of Montana at 357,027 sq. km (137,849 sq. mi.). The country borders the outermost ranges of the Alps in the south, reaching an altitude of 9718ft. (2962m.) in the Zugspitze, and reaches across the plain on their northern edge, the Alpenvorland (Alpine Foreland). In the center of the country, the Central German Uplands, part of a European stretch of territory from France’s Massif Central to the east, exhibits forested mountains, steep plateaus, and lowland basins. In the north, the North German Plain, or Lowland, part of the North European Plain, is bordered by jagged coastlines, sandy beaches, and the gorgeous island chains of the North and Baltic seas.
High population density and extensive agricultural use make nature conservation an important issue. Germany has 15 national parks, of which the oldest are in Bavaria: Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald and Nationalpark Berchtesgaden . There are also 14 Biosphere reservations from the UNESCO program, which together cover 4.3% of the country’s surface.
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