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Austria

 

Continent - Europe

Region - Western Europe

Size - 83,870 km²

Geography - South & west mountainous (Alps) north & east flat

Language - German, Turkish, Serbian

Religion - 73.6% Roman Catholic, 4.7% Protestant, 12% no religion, 4.2% Islam, other religions

Monetary Unit - Euro

Natural Resources - oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt

Agriculture - grains, potatoes, sugar beets, wine, fruit; dairy products, cattle, pigs, poultry; lumber

Industry - construction, machinery, vehicles and parts, food, metals, chemicals, lumber and wood processing, paper and paperboard, communications equipment, tourism

Neighbouring Countries - Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland

Population - 8,199,783 (2007)

Population Growth Rate - 0.1%

Average Life Expectancy - 79.2

Capital City - Vienna (population 1,523,600)

Highest Mountain - Grossglockner (3,798 m)

Longest River - Danube (350 km - in Austria)

Climate - Warm summers  13°C to 26°C and  cold, wet, snowy winters -7°C to 11°C

Yearly Rainfall - 85 cm approx

 

Plant Life - 44% forest - beech, birch, oak, fir, larch, pine, alpine plants - edelweiss, gentian, alpine carnation, arnica, alpine rose, heather

Animal Life - chamois (rare), deer, hare, fox, badger, marten, rabbit

Bird Life - Alpine chough, grouse, marmot, partridge, pheasant, purple heron, spoonbill, avocet

      

 

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