Germany is situated between the Netherlands and Poland, and south of Denmark. It is bordered by nine European countries: Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Poland. Germany has a direct exit to the Baltic and North Sea. On the coast summers are cool, up to 22C in July, and winters are mild, up to -10C in January, but the summers are warm to the west and the winters are cool.
In the mountains the rainfalls have a higher value (1000 mm / year), and in the plains they are less frequent. The North German Plain is part of The Great North European Plain and it passes in a mountainous area of average height. The Harz Mountains are in the west and they look just like a plateau with a maximum altitude of 1142 m on top Broken. Here woods prevail. In central Germany there is The Hercinian massive also with a plateau aspect which are separated by broad depressions.
Also in the south The Mountains Thuringia Forest, Erzgebirge mountains plateau Vogtaland are represented by smoth peaks. Coniferous forest occurs in the Metalic mountains and in the Thuringia Forest mountaing. In southern Germany the Alps are the highest mountains (2963 m). At their feet lies the Danube plateau.