|
ninemsn Encarta - Germany, Federal Republic of (652 words) |
 | Germany, Federal Republic of (in German, Bundesrepublik Deutschland), country in central Europe, bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; on the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; on the south by Austria and Switzerland; and on the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands. |
| Germany consists of three major geographical regions—lowland plain in the north, an area of uplands in the centre, and a mountainous region in the south. |
| Among the tributaries of the Rhine in western Germany are the Lahn, Lippe, Main, Mosel, Neckar, and Ruhr. |
Feeds |
Contact