Landforms of Germany

major rift valley in Germany

The Kachelotplate () is a sandbar in the North Sea. It lies near the German coast, west of the island of Juist. Since 2003, enough stays above high tide that it can be called an island. Grass and dunes are settling there.

sinkholes seeping water from the Danube for about half the year, and transferring a part of them to the Aachtopf

sandban in the Heligoland Bight

island

thumb|Medieval Pinge and ring-shaped bank at a mineshaft on the Ochsenhügel near Suhl in Germany's [[Thuringian Forest]] thumb|The Pinge of an iron ore pit near Warstein A Pinge ([ˈpɪŋə], plural: Pingen) or Binge ("binger") is the name given in German-speaking Europe to a wedge-, ditch- or funnel-shaped depression in the terrain caused by mining activity. This depression or sink-hole is frequently caused by the collapse of old underground mine workings that are close to the Earth's surface. Unlike natural landforms, a Pinge is a direct result of human activity. The term has no direct equivalen