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  Germany from A-Z
The Laichinger Tiefenhohle is a vertical cave and the deepest cave in Germany.
Germany has a population of nearly 83 million people and is one of the most heavily populated in the world.
Germany is a world leader in several sports and the varied geography of the country makes it possible for sports enthusiasts to enjoy almost any sport.
www.geocities.com /mamihabc/Germany.html   (3332 words)

  
 Germany Country Analysis Brief   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany also is the only EU member yet to have established a regulatory agency for natural gas and electricity markets, a requirement that all EU member states were expected to meet by July 1, 2004.
Germany's onshore oil fields are located primarily in the north and northeast of the country, many of which are depleted and producing only small volumes of oil.
Germany is the world’s largest producer of brown coal, accounting for an estimated 22% of global output in 2002.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/cabs/germany.html   (4957 words)

  
 World InfoZone - Germany Information - Page 1
The Federal Republic of Germany is bordered by the North Sea, Denmark, the Baltic Sea, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
Germany is divided into the north lowlands, the central uplands, and mountainous regions in the south (Bavarian Alps).
Germany's population was estimated at 82,431,390 in 2005.
www.worldinfozone.com /country.php?country=Germany   (644 words)

  
 Wine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany's vineyards are mainly in the west and south of the country: only here is the climate suitable for vine growing.
The rivers of Germany continued to be used for transporting wine until the 1960s.
In eastern Germany, the rivers Saale and Unstrut form one region, and the vineyards of Sachsen follow the course of the Elbe.
ewineplanet.com /country.asp?id=11   (598 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Main (river Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Main (river, Germany), river, Germany, a major tributary of the Rhine River.
It is formed by the union of the White and the Red Main rivers, near...
Rivers have played a major role in Germany’s economic development.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Main_(river_Germany).html   (205 words)

  
 Rhine River - Simple English Wikipedia
This is a major river of Germany, along with the Danube and others.
These rivers are also major sources of transportation, hydroelectric energy, and food.
The Rhine River (German Rhein, French Rhin, Dutch Rijn) is one of the longest rivers in Europe.
simple.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rhine_River   (178 words)

  
 Flowers To Germany, Europe. Send gifts, roses, love, flowers to your friends and family in Germany..   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Important rivers are the Rhine, the Danube, the Elbe, Weser, Oder, Main and Mosel.
Germany is bordered in the West by Poland and the Czech Republic, in the South by Austria and Switzerland, in the West by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands, in the North by Denmark.
Important mountains in the Federal Republic of Germany are the Alps, the Thuringian Forest, the Harz Mountains, Ore Mountains and the Black Forest.
www.flowerstoeurope.com /germany.asp   (434 words)

  
 Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany cuts across three of Europe´s major east-west trending regions: The alps in the south, Central Uplands in the center part, and in the north are the Central Lowlands.
In Germany research can be divided into three levels: applied (development and extension services), aiming at application (research, development, and teaching), and basic (research and teaching).
Research is directed towards improving yield and quality of produce, towards reduction in input of labor, towards optimization of input of pesticides and fertilizers, and towards reducing their impact on the environment.
www.hridir.org /countries/germany   (463 words)

  
 Germany's Rivers
Bernkastel, in particular, is surrounded by rugged river scenes.
Staying close to the river, I pedaled on past steep hills to the traditional villages of Kobern and Gondolf.
On older trains in Germany, bike wagons are identified by a large bike sign but in new wagons, the sign may be smaller and harder to see.
www.tourvelo.org /neckard.html   (7691 words)

  
 Cruising Germany's Great Rivers | Visit Germany | Deutsche Welle | 05.06.2003   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany has more than 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) of interconnected rivers, canals and lakes whose waters are plied by barges and sailboats, cruise ships and kayaks.
Most of Germany’s big cities are perched on the banks of a river: Hamburg on the Elbe, Cologne on the Rhine, Munich on the Isar, and Berlin on the Spree (photo of Museum Island).
Germany’s second largest river, the Elbe, has been transformed from a polluted waterway to a crystal-clear body of water fit for swimming.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,1564,884354,00.html   (1252 words)

  
 Facts About Germany
European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945.
Germany's affluent and technologically powerful economy- the fifth largest national economy in the world - has become one of the slowest growing economies in the entire euro zone, and a quick turnaround is not in the offing in the foreseeable future.
Germany's ageing population, combined with high unemployment, has pushed social security outlays to a level exceeding contributions from workers.
worldfacts.us /Germany.htm   (1027 words)

  
 Germany
Germany's major rivers are the Danube, the Elbe, the Oder, the Weser, and the Rhine.
Adolf Hitler, an Austrian war veteran and a fanatical nationalist, fanned discontent by promising a Greater Germany, abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles, restoration of Germany's lost colonies, and the destruction of the Jews, whom he scapegoated as the reason for Germany's downfall and depressed economy.
Germany's recession continued in 2003: for the previous three years Europe's biggest economy had the lowest growth rate among EU countries.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107568.html   (2663 words)

  
 Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany is a small country and there is not a lot of land.
Tell the students that the climate or weather in Germany is moderate or mild, because it gets the winds off the ocean, which keep the temperatures warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.
Breakfast in Germany is eaten early in the morning and is usually something between a roll; perhaps jam and butter, cheese or maybe meat.
fga.freac.fsu.edu /academy/k1germ.htm   (7475 words)

  
 Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In January 2002, Germany and 11 other EU countries introduced a common European currency, the euro.
Germany's affluent and technologically powerful economy turned in a relatively weak performance throughout much of the 1990s.
Business and income tax cuts introduced in 2001 did not spare Germany from the impact of the downturn in international trade, and domestic demand faltered as unemployment began to rise.
travel.jdwebpages.com /country-info/Germany.html   (1491 words)

  
 Rivers That Flow North   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
And even in an era where traveling by river is uncommon we speak of "downriver" and "upriver", and we know that "upriver" (or "up the creek") means against the current, while downriver, with the current, is much easier going.
For a good example of a large, famous river that loops around in all sorts of directions, look closely at a map of the Ohio River, which flows mainly west-southwest for 981 miles from Pittsburgh until it meets the Mississippi at Cairo, Illinois.
Other north-flowing rivers in that area are the Unare and Cuyuni, the Magdalena in Colombia, the Berbice and Essequibo rivers in Guyana, the Corantyne or Corantin on the border between Guyana and Suriname, the Mana in French Guyana.
www.geocities.com /loisnotlane/rivers.html   (3905 words)

  
 Isar - Wikimedia Commons
The Isar is a river in Austria and Germany.
Floats on a canal of the river Isar, Germany
River Isar in the north of Munich, Germany
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/Isar   (103 words)

  
 Geography_of_Germany
The greater part of Germany lies in the cool/temperate climatic zone in which humid westerly winds predominate.
This is a list of the extreme points of Germany, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location.
The extreme points of medieval Germany are mentioned in the first stanza of Das Lied der Deutschen, of which the third stanza is today the national anthem of Germany.
www.tuxedo-shop.com /search.php?title=Geography_of_Germany   (327 words)

  
 Holiday Traditions - Germany
According to legend, on Christmas Eve in Germany rivers turn to wine, animals speak to each other, tree blossoms bear fruit, mountains open up to reveal precious gems, and church bells can be heard ringing from the bottom of the sea.
It has a mysterious magic for the young because they are not allowed to see it until Christmas Eve.
The custom of trimming and lighting a Christmas tree had its origin in pre-Christian Germany, the tree symbolizing the Garden of Eden.
www.californiamall.com /holidaytraditions/traditions-germany.htm   (697 words)

  
 Tours
The tour is an easy three day ride over 73 miles (117 km) of river valley dotted with castles and quaint villages.
This is an 18-day, 592-mile, 953-km bicycle tour along one of the most important rivers in Europe.
This is an 6-day, 194-mile, 313-km bicycle tour down one of Germany's last wild rivers.
www.bicyclegermany.com /tours.htm   (372 words)

  
 Germany Cooking/Eating, Maps, Travel Products and Frisian, German, Slavic, Sorbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish Languages
Economy - overview: Germany's affluent and technologically powerful economy turned in a relatively weak performance throughout much of the 1990s.
The government expects growth to gain pace in the second half of 2002, but to fall short of 1% for the year again.
Telephone system: Germany has one of the world's most technologically advanced telecommunications systems; as a result of intensive capital expenditures since reunification, the formerly backward system of the eastern part of the country is being rapidly modernized and integrated with that of the western part
www.worldlanguage.com /Countries/Germany.htm   (1461 words)

  
 Sam Rivers Sessionography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Sam Rivers is 'one of the real ones' in jazz, an article in the January 10, 1999 Orlando Sentinel on Rivers' 75th birthday celebration in New York, by Parry Gettelman.
Sam Rivers played tenor with that group; when I interviewed him about Serge and asked about that group, Sam said it was a very nice group and he was sorry there were no recordings, and mentioned that the Hi-Hat broadcast occurred but that he had no idea if it was preserved.
See 67.03.17 [This is an Andrew Hill quartet session issued on this double LP under Rivers' name] "According to the Blue Note discography, 'Involution' was originally the title of the unissued Hill session.
www.velocity.net /~bb10k/RIVERS.disc.html   (13220 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
7 main rivers in Germany are: ______________ __________________ _________________ _________________ ___________________ ____________________ ____________________
Birthrate in Germany in general: __________________________________________ in the world.
Foreigners who enter Germany from a safe 3rd country may on longer invoke this right.
campus.murraystate.edu /academic/faculty/meg.brown/excountr.htm   (229 words)

  
 Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Burg Katz in St. Goarhausen, and Burg Rhinefels across the river in St. Goar.
There was no bridge across the river so we took a car ferry from St. Goarhausen to St. Goar.
This is the fireplace in the banquet hall.
home.att.net /~melissandy3   (111 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Germany   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Germany's affluent and technologically powerful economy - the fifth largest in the world - has become one of the slowest growing economies in the euro zone.
In the short run, however, the fall in government revenues and the rise in expenditures have raised the deficit above the EU's 3% debt limit.
international: country code - 49; Germany's international service is excellent worldwide, consisting of extensive land and undersea cable facilities as well as earth stations in the Inmarsat, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Intersputnik satellite systems (2001)
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/gm.html   (1411 words)

  
 Germany Industrial Supply - Manufacturers, Exporters & Importers Industrial Supplies, Equipment & Machinery
Trade statistics, economic projections and global business resources on this page have been compiled from hundreds of trade related websites, government guides and resources on the Internet.
We provide this brief but valuable information for industrial suppliers, manufacturers, exporters and importers seeking to enter or expland business opportunities in Germany.
Germany's major industries include iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; textiles
www.foreigntradeexchange.com /countries/germany.html   (159 words)

  
 ABC Country Book of Germany - geography Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
ABC Country Book of Germany - geography Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
includes the formerly separate Federal Republic of Germany, the German Democratic Republic, and Berlin following formal unification on 3 October 1990
emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries and lead emissions from vehicle exhausts (the result of continued use of leaded fuels) contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; heavy pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany
www.theodora.com /wfb/germany_geography.html   (236 words)

  
 International Rivers Network: Rivers, Dams and Climate Change
International Rivers Network: Rivers, Dams and Climate Change
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Visit IRN’s Rivers, Dams and Climate Change Campaign
www.irn.org /programs/greenhouse/index.php?id=050802wb.html   (186 words)

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