Arctic Ocean ASIA GERMANY Atlantic EUROPE Ocean Indian Ocean AFRICA Atlantic Ocean as This map shows where Germany is located on the continent of Europe Germany covers 137 847 square miles 357 022 square kilometers That is slightly smaller than the state of Montana Travel across Germany and you'll find many different types of landscapes The southern part of the country is home to the Alps a great mountain range that stretches across south central Europe Germany's highest point the Zugspitze rises 9 718 feet 2 962 meters in the
GERMANY In southwestern Germany you'll find the Black Forest This mountainous region is covered in thick forest that stretches more than 2 300 square miles 6 000 sq km It gets its name from the dense dark trees that grow there which make the forest seem a bit scary 500 o The brothers Grimm Jacob and Wilhelm are two of the world's best known storytellers In the 1800s the brothers wrote down the traditional fairy tales of Germany You probably know some of them including Little Red Riding Hood snow White and NYSEC Rumpelstiltskin The versions told by the brothers Grimm were wrier than today's versions Although these stories might not have been set in the Black Forest it would have been a good spooky choice Little Red Riding Hood and Big Bad Wolf
More mountains rise in the middle of the country This region is also home to valleys where farmers grow wheat barley corn cherries and grapes for wine 500 Germany is famous for its highway or autobahn sustem The autobalown is famed for having no speed limit but the truth is parts of it do Most stretches of highway have a recommended speed limit of 80 miles C130 Kilometers per hour In some places the speed limit is slower Some places also have speed limits that are only enforced during rain or snow These limits might be as low as 37 mph 60 kph still people from around the world travel to Germany just to take S a drive down the autobal SPEED LIMIT INIT
GERMANY Some of Europe's most important rivers run through Germany The Rhine River is 820 miles 1 320 km long stretching from the Alps in Switzerland to the North Sea It is the longest river in Germany Many boats travel up and down the Danube River bringing goods to the cities of Europe and beyond The Danube starts in the Black Forest and flows east through 10 countries before ending at the Black Sea on the border between Europe and Asia The city of Passau is one of the many located along the Danube River S Atlets Foster
