Physiographic Features Of Germany

Prepared By: Aubaad MajeedRoll No: 11

Location•Located in the continent of Europe.•Neighboring:Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerlan

d, Denmark, Austria, The Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Poland.

Population And Points

•Capital: Berlin•Dialing code: +49•Population: 80.62 million (2013) World

Bank•President: Joachim Gauck•Destinations: Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, 

Hamburg, Düsseldorf.

Landforms•Germany's major landforms include

the Zugspitze peak of the Bavarian Alps, the Rhine and Danube rivers, and the Rugen and Usedom islands.

•Thelowland plains are also landforms that are an important part of Germany's landscape. They lie just north of Germany's coastlines of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea.

Climate•Germany's climate is moderate and has

generally no longer periods of cold or hot weather.

•Northwestern and coastal Germany have a maritime influenced climate which is characterized by warm summers and mild cloudy winters.

•  Temperature extremes between night and day and summer and winter are considerably less in the north than in the south.

Culture•German culture has spanned the

entire German-speaking world.•Historically Germany has been called Das

Land der Dichter und Denker .•Germany is the world's second most

respected nation among 50 countries in 2013.•64.1% of the German population belongs to

Christian denominations: 30% are Roman Catholic, and 29% are affiliated with Protestantism.

Economy• Germany is the largest national economy in

Europe, the fourth-largest by nominal GDP in the world, and fifth by GDP.

• The country is a founding member of the European Union and the Eurozone.

• GDP per capita: 46,268.64 USD (2013) World Bank

• Gross domestic product: 3.73 trillion USD (2013) World Bank

• Currency: Euro• Minimum wage: 1,473.00 EUR per month (Jan

2015) Eurostat• Unemployment rate: 4.2% (Jun 2016)

Cuisine• German cuisine varies from region to region.•  Pork, beef, and poultry are the main varieties of

meat consumed in Germany; pork is the most popular.

•  Organic food has gained a market share of around 3.0%, and this is predicted to increase further.

• Germany has adopted many international dishes into its cuisine and daily eating habits. Italian dishes like pizza and pasta, Turkish and Arab dishes like döner kebab and falafel, are well established.

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