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Detailed map of Austria Satellite photo of the Alps. Austria may be divided into three unequal geographical areas. The largest part of Austria (62%) is occupied by the relatively young mountains of the Alps, but in the east, these give way to a part of the Pannonian plain, and north of the river Danube lies the Bohemian Forest, an older, but lower, granite mountain range.
The location of Austria Flag-map of Austria An enlargeable relief map of Austria. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Austria: . Austria – landlocked sovereign country located in Central Europe. [1]
A topographic map of Austria showing cities with over 100,000 inhabitants A glacial region in winter, close to the valley Ötztal in Tyrolia. The highest peak is the Wildspitze (3,768 metres (12,362 ft)), the second highest mountain in Austria. Austria is a largely mountainous country because of its location in the Alps. [149]
Physical map of Austria: north of the Danube is the Gneiss and Granite Highland outlined in green. The Gneiss and Granite Plateau (German: Granit- und Gneisplateau, also called the Granite and Gneiss Highland (Granit- und Gneishochland), is one of the five major landscapes in Austria.
English: Location map of Austria. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 150 %. Geographic limits of the map: ... Equivalent physical map. SVG development . The ...
Austria geography stubs (10 C, 129 P) Pages in category "Geography of Austria" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
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Most of Austria's rocks formed in the last 540 million years, during the Phanerozoic explosion of life. Small zircon crystals, eroded out of three billion year old granites are among the few remnants of the Precambrian. Dobra Gneiss, at 1.38 billion years old, is the oldest rock in Austria within the Moldanubian Superunit in the Waldviertel region.