Total Area total: 357,022 sq km
Land Area: 348,672 sq km Water Area: 8,350 sq km Climate Description: temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind Terrain Description: lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south Arable Land Use: 33.13% Permanent Crop Land Use: 0.6% Irrigated Land: 4,850 sq km (2003) Total Renewable Water Resources: 188 cu km (2005 Total Fresh water Withdrawal: 38.01 cu km/yr (12%/68%/20%) Per Person Fresh Water Withdrawal: 460 cu m/yr (2001) Natural Hazards Description: flooding Environmental Current Issues: emissions from coal-burning utilities and industries contribute to air pollution; acid rain, resulting from sulfur dioxide emissions, is damaging forests; pollution in the Baltic Sea from raw sewage and industrial effluents from rivers in eastern Germany; hazardous waste disposal; government established a mechanism for ending the use of nuclear power over the next 15 years; government working to meet EU commitment to identify nature preservation areas in line with the EU's Flora, Fauna, and Habitat directive Total Labor Force: 44.01 million (2012 est.) % of Labor Force in Agriculture: 1.6% Agricultural Products Description: potatoes, wheat, barley, sugar beets, fruit, cabbages; cattle, pigs, poultry |