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The Alps on the southern border are the highest mountains, but relatively little Alpine terrain lies within Germany (in southeastern Swabia and Upper Bavaria) compared to Switzerland and Austria. The Black Forest , on the southwestern border with France, separates the Rhine from the headwaters of the Danube on its eastern slopes.
The official Swiss national map of 1938 did mark it, at , but maps made since the 1960s have avoided showing the border in the interior of the lake to reflect the lack of an official agreement The Upper Lake Constance separates the German Bodenseekreis ( Baden-Württemberg ) and Lindau district ( Bavaria ) from the Swiss cantons of Thurgau and ...
The geography of Switzerland features a mountainous and landlocked country located in Western and Central Europe. Switzerland's natural landscape is marked by its numerous lakes and mountains . It is surrounded by five countries: Austria and Liechtenstein to the east, France to the west, Italy to the south and Germany to the north.
Central Europe is a geographical region of Europe between Eastern, Southern, Western and Northern Europe. [3] [4] Central Europe is known for its cultural diversity; [5] [6] however, countries in this region also shares historical and cultural similarities.
Geographical centre of Switzerland; Extreme points of Switzerland. High: Monte Rosa 4,634 m (15,203 ft) Low: Lake Maggiore 195 m (640 ft) Land boundaries: 1,852 km Italy 740 km France 573 km Germany 334 km Austria 164 km Liechtenstein 41 km. Coastline: none; Population of Switzerland: 8,606,000 (2019) - 99th most populous country
Physical map of Switzerland (in German) Extending across the north and south side of the Alps in west-central Europe, Switzerland encompasses diverse landscapes and climates across its 41,285 square kilometres (15,940 sq mi). [70] Switzerland lies between latitudes 45° and 48° N, and longitudes 5° and 11° E.
An enlargeable topographic map of Germany. Germany is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.
The first systematic geographical description of Switzerland is the Superioris Germaniae Confoederationis descriptio by Albert von Bonstetten (1479). [1] The oldest map Old Swiss Confederacy is the one by Konrad Türst (d. 1503), physician in Zürich from 1489, made during 1495–1497.