【德国的地理方位德国在世界上的东边,北边,西边,还是南边?请用英语回答,请用英语介绍德国首都——柏林.】
德国的地理方位
德国在世界上的东边,北边,西边,还是南边?请用英语回答,请用英语介绍德国首都——柏林.
【德国的地理方位德国在世界上的东边,北边,西边,还是南边?请用英语回答,请用英语介绍德国首都——柏林.】
德国的地理方位
德国在世界上的东边,北边,西边,还是南边?请用英语回答,请用英语介绍德国首都——柏林.
GermanyisacountryinCentralEurope.ItisborderedtothenorthbytheNorthSea,Denmark,andtheBalticSea;totheeastbyPolandandtheCzechRepublic;tothesouthbyAustriaandSwitzerland;andtothewestbyFrance,Luxembourg,Belgium,andtheNetherlands.TheterritoryofGermanycovers357,021km²andisinfluencedbyatemperateseasonalclimate.Withover82millioninhabitants,ithasthelargestpopulationofanymemberstateoftheEuropeanUnionandishometothethird-largestnumberofinternationalmigrantsworldwide.
BerlinisthecapitalcityandoneofsixteenstatesofGermany.Withapopulationof3.4millionwithinitscitylimits,Berlinisthecountry'slargestcity.ItisthesecondmostpopulouscityandtheninthmostpopulousurbanareaintheEuropeanUnion.LocatedinnortheasternGermany,itisthecentreoftheBerlin-Brandenburgmetropolitanarea,comprising5millionpeoplefromover180nations.
Firstdocumentedinthe13thcentury,BerlinwassuccessivelythecapitaloftheKingdomofPrussia(1701-1918),theGermanEmpire(1871-1918),theWeimarRepublic(1919-1933)andtheThirdReich(1933-1945).AfterWorldWarII,thecitywasdivided;EastBerlinbecamethecapitalofEastGermanywhileWestBerlinbecameaWesternenclave,surroundedbytheBerlinWallfrom1961-1989.FollowingGermanreunificationin1990,thecityregaineditsstatusasthecapitalofallGermany.
BerlinisamajorcenterinEuropeanpolitics,culture,media,andscience.Itseconomyisprimarilybasedontheservicesector,encompassingadiverserangeofcreativeindustries,mediacorporations,environmentalservices,congressandconventionvenues;italsoservesasacontinentalhubforairandrailtransport.Berlinisthethirdmost-visitedtouristdestinationintheEU.Otherindustriesincludetrafficengineering,optoelectronics,IT,vehiclemanufacturing,healthcare,biomedicalengineering,andbiotechnology.
Themetropolisishometoworld-renowneduniversities,researchinstitutes,sportingevents,orchestras,museumsandpersonalities.Berlin'surbanlandscapeandhistoricallegacyhasmadeitapopularsettingforinternationalfilmproductions.Thecityisrecognizedforitsfestivals,diversearchitecture,nightlife,contemporaryartsandahighqualityofliving.Berlinhasevolvedintoaglobalfocalpointforyoungindividualsandartistsattractedbyaliberallifestyleandmodernzeitgeist.
BerlinislocatedineasternGermany,about70kilometers(44mi)westoftheborderwithPolandinanareawithmarshyterrain.TheBerlin-WarsawUrstromtal(ancientrivervalley)betweenthelowBarnimplateautothenorth,andtheTeltowplateautothesouthwasformedbywaterflowingfrommeltingicesheetsattheendofthelasticeage.TheSpreefollowsthisvalleynow.InSpandau,Berlin'swesternmostborough,theSpreemeetstheriverHavel,whichflowsfromnorthtosouththroughwesternBerlin.ThecourseoftheHavelismorelikeachainoflakes,thelargestbeingtheTegelerSeeandGroßerWannsee.AseriesoflakesalsofeedsintotheupperSpree,whichflowsthroughtheGroßerMüggelseeineasternBerlin.
Substantialpartsofpresent-dayBerlinextendontothelowplateausonbothsidesoftheSpreeValley.LargepartsoftheboroughsReinickendorfandPankowlieontheBarnimplateau,whilemostoftheboroughsCharlottenburg-Wilmersdorf,Steglitz-Zehlen