Geography:

Gemany situated in Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark with total area of 356,910 sq km and land area of 349,520 sq km.

Climate:

temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm, tropical foehn wind; high relative humidity.

Natural resources:

Iron ore, coal, potash, timber, lignite, uranium, copper, natural gas, salt, nickel.

Terrain:

Lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south.

International agreements:

party to - Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified - Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Desertification, Hazardous Wastes