___ Political Map of Germany (in German: Politische Karte von Deutschland)

There are three major natural areas making up the topography of the country. The North German Plain, a widespread lowland in the northern third of the country, Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony with Bremen and Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with its many glacier-formed lakes, and Berlin within Brandenburg, most of Saxony-Anhalt and parts of North Rhine-Westphalia and Saxony lie within the North German Plain.

South of the northern lowland there are the Central Uplands, in Germany known as Mittelgebirge. The large, fertile area of low mountains, hill ranges, and ridges are covering the better part of Germany. These in parts densely wooded range of hills are found in Thuringia, Hesse, the Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and Bavaria. The elevations of the Mittelgebirge range between 300 m and 1493 m, the height of the main peak of the Feldberg, the highest mountain in Germany outside the Alps, located in the Black Forest in Baden-Wurttemberg.

The broad strip of land between the Danube and the northern edge of the Alps in Germany's southern border area is known as the Alpine Foreland.
In the country's southern-most part are the Bavarian Alps, the northern part of the Alps that lie within Bavarian state territory. It is also the location of highest point in Germany, the Zugspitze with 2,962 m, the highest peak of the Wetterstein Mountains.