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Red lines represent geological sutures. Germany is located at the centre of the map. Germany is located between the geologically very old (Precambrian) East European Craton to the north and north-east (that further north is exposed as the Baltic Shield), and the geologically young (Cenozoic) Alpine-Carpathian Orogen to the south.
The geology of Europe is varied and complex, and gives rise to the wide variety of landscapes found across the continent, from the Scottish Highlands to the rolling plains of Hungary. Europe's most significant feature is the dichotomy between highland and mountainous Southern Europe and a vast, partially underwater, northern plain ranging from ...
General map of Germany. Germany (German: Deutschland) is a country in Central and Western Europe [3] that stretches from the Alps, across the North European Plain to the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and is seventh-largest country by area in the continent.
Geologic formations of Europe by country (32 C) Impact craters of Europe by country (13 C) ... Geology of Germany (15 C, 40 P) Geology of Greece (9 C, 10 P) H.
Structural map of central Europe, showing the positions of the Hercynian massifs and the zones in which the basement rocks can be divided.. The Mid-German Crystalline High (or Mid-German High) is a structural high in the Paleozoic geology of Germany.
Germany geology-related lists (7 P) C. Coal mining regions in Germany (4 P) F. Fossils of Germany (3 C, 321 P) G. Geology museums in Germany (1 C, 8 P) H. Hot springs ...
The Upper Rhine Plain, [1] Rhine Rift Valley [2] or Upper Rhine Graben [3] (German: Oberrheinische Tiefebene, Oberrheinisches Tiefland or Oberrheingraben, French: Vallée du Rhin) is a major rift, about 350-kilometre-long (220 mi) and on average 50-kilometre-wide (31 mi), between Basel in the south and the cities of Frankfurt/Wiesbaden in the north.
Map of the Middle Rhine Valley. The Rhine Gorge is a popular name for the Upper Middle Rhine Valley, a 65 km (40 mi) section of the Rhine between Koblenz and Rüdesheim in the states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse in Germany.