Monday, January 19, 2015

Germany


Location:

Relative location: Central Europe, Bordered by Poland, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, the Czech republic, and the Netherlands

absolute location: 52.5167° N, 13.3833° E

Region: Central Europe

Place: the Vogelsberg Mountains, Rhon Plateau (or Mts.) and Thuringian Forest are the dominate features. Main religions are Christianity and Roman Catholic. Average death age is about 81.



Language: Duetsch
Capital: Berlin


Human-environment interaction:

Most towns and cities are in the south, due to the heavily forested north area.
Air pollution is a bad problem, leading the government to enact green zones, and banning certain cars.
large agriculture business, with the northern European Plain in the north.


Facts:

Germany publishes about 94,000 books a year

First country to use daylight savings time

86% of people there 25-64 have some sort of secondary education

hitting someone with a pillow can lead to an assault charge.

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