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Germany - Nature

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Germany has five distinct geographical areas and widely varying landscapes. From north to south are the flat lowlands, the hills and the low mountains of the Mittelgebirge. In west and south are plateaus and mountains (including the Black Forest, or the Schwarzwald), the south German Alpine foothills and lake country, and the Bavarian Alps with the Zugspitze (Germany's highest mountain, almost 3000m.). The most important rivers are the Rhine, the Weser, the Elbe, the Main, the Oder, and the Danube. The first three flow northward, emptying into the North Sea. Lake Constance (Bodensee), Germany’s largest lake, lies at the border separating Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
Isar river in the area of Landshut	Fields around Landshut	Flower field around Landshut
Trees and lake in Englisher Garten, one of the world's largest urban public parks	Englischer Garten is bigger than New York's famous Central Park, but smaller than Richmond Park in London, which is the biggest city park in Europe