Geology of Germany clearly set apart from the Alpine foreland, the Northern Limestone Alps form high mountains ("German: ") of well over 2,000 metres above sea level. Of the high mountains of Germany, the highest is Zugspitze, with a height of 2,962 metres, more than a thousand metres higher than Feldberg in the Black Forest, Germany's highest mountain outside the Alps. The Northern Limestone Alps represent a depositional environment that was probably located several hundred kilometres to the south, relative to the current position of the rocks. This is reflected in facies as well as in the fossil record: While in the Eastern
Germany Valley (Georgia) consists mostly of pastureland and small farms with cattle and horses. Forestland, much of it owned by the United States Forest Service, surrounds the valley. Several wooded hills rise above the valley floor. Germany Valley is framed by numerous mountain peaks. Big Face () rises above the valley's southern edge and dominates most valley vistas. Billy Mountain, at , and Elisha Mountain—both of which sit along the Eastern Continental Divide—rise less dramatically to the north. Also on the Eastern Continental Divide is Black Rock Mountain at the eastern end of the valley, which is the centerpiece of Georgia's highest state