Bavaria topographic maps
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Nuremberg
Nuremberg has an oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) with a certain humid continental influence (Dfb), categorized in the latter by the 0 °C isotherm. The city's climate is influenced by its inland position and higher altitude. Winters are changeable, with either mild or cold weather: the average temperature is…
Average elevation: 336 m
Zugspitze
Germany > Bavaria > Landkreis Garmisch-Partenkirchen > Grainau
The mountain rises eleven kilometres southwest of Garmisch-Partenkirchen and just under six kilometres east of Ehrwald. The border between Germany and Austria runs over the west summit; thus the Zugspitze massif belongs to the German state of Bavaria and the Austrian state of Tyrol. The municipalities…
Average elevation: 2,300 m
Ziegelhütte
Germany > Bavaria > Landkreis Wunsiedel im Fichtelgebirge > Marktredwitz
Average elevation: 563 m
Lenggries
Germany > Bavaria > Landkreis Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen
Lenggries sits on the Isar River before it transitions into the Alpine foothills. To the east are the Tegernsee Mountains, to the west lies the home mountain of Lenggries known as the Brauneck with an elevation of over 1,555 meters above sea level. The Brauneck is a well known ski area tied together by lifts.…
Average elevation: 1,096 m
Passau
On 2 June 2013, the old town suffered from severe flooding as a result of several days of rain and its location at the confluence of three rivers. Peak elevations of floods as early as 1501 are displayed on a wall at the Old City Hall. Flood water reaches the base of that wall on average once every 5 years.
Average elevation: 401 m
Bayreuth
In most places there is a signed cycle path network. In the centre of Bayreuth itself, cycling is fairly straightforward due to the relatively flat topography, something which encourages the use bicycles as an everyday means of transport. Because of the proximity of the 600 kilometre long Main Cycleway,…
Average elevation: 410 m
Rain
The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective clouds (those with strong upward vertical motion) such as cumulonimbus (thunder…
Average elevation: 414 m
Schönbühl
Germany > Bavaria > Landkreis Dingolfing-Landau > Dingolfing > Kronwieden
Average elevation: 375 m
Munich
Munich lies on the elevated plains of Upper Bavaria, about 50 km (31 mi) north of the northern edge of the Alps, at an altitude of about 520 m (1,706 ft) ASL. The local rivers are the Isar and the Würm. Munich is situated in the Northern Alpine Foreland. The northern part of this sandy plateau includes a…
Average elevation: 524 m