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Germany satellite map
Map of Germany satellite. Germany satellite map (Western Europe - Europe) to print. Germany satellite map (Western Europe - Europe) to download. Germany is located in central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea between the countries of Poland and The Netherlands. With an area of about 357,021 square kilometers (137,847 square miles), the country is slightly smaller than the state of Montana as its shown in Germany satellite map. Germany is divided into sixteen states. Topographically, Germany is composed of northern lowlands, central uplands, Alpine foothills, and Bavarian Alps. The northern plain covers the upper one-third of the country and contains the coastal area in the far north. Inland, the plain becomes hilly and is crisscrossed by rivers and valleys. These hills open to the Alpine Foreland where north-south ranges interspersed with deep valleys climb to the wooded slopes and craggy peaks of the German-Austrian Alps. Germany lies on the Eurasian Tectonic Plate.
Germany faces the North Sea to the northwest and Baltic Sea to the northeast. A narrow strip of land on which Germany borders Denmark separates the two seas, both of which are extensions of the Atlantic Ocean as its mentioned in Germany satellite map. In the North Sea, a line of inshore sand dunes became the East Frisian Islands when the shoreline sank during the thirteenth century. These islands have maximum elevations of less than 35 meters (115 feet) and they have been subject to eroding forces that have washed away whole sections of the coast during storms. In 1854, for example, the sea reclaimed the only village on Wangerooge, the easternmost of the main East Frisian Islands. The islands are strung along the coast in a nearly straight line roughly parallel to the coast. The North Frisian Islands are located in the North Sea near the border with Denmark. They are irregularly shaped and haphazardly positioned.