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Germany covers an area of 357,022 square km of which 348,672 square km cover land and 8,350 square km cover water. Germany is slightly smaller than Montana. Germany shares borders with Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Poland, and Switzerland. The combined distance of these borders is 3,790 km. The German coastline is a total of 2,389 km in distance. Germany has a temperate and marine climate; it has cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers, and it occasionally has warm mountain winds. There are lowlands in the north and highlands in middle Germany with the Bavarian Alps to the south. The lowest point in Germany is Neuendorf bei Wilster at 3.54 m below sea level; the highest point in Germany is Zugspitze at 2,963 m above sea level.
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