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Fichtelgebirge

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Fich·tel·ge·bir·ge  (fktl-g-bîrg, f-)
A mountain range of east-central Germany near the border of the Czech Republic. The region is a popular resort area.


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Imagine Schulze's shock, then, when he learned last year that much of the nitrate raining down on the upper forested slopes in Germany's Fichtelgebirge -- a range of mountains within 25 miles of the Czech border -- is not taken up by trees or nitrogen-hungry microbes in the soil.
Though Fichtelgebirge is hardly a household name, its devastation warns of a problem facing timberlands throughout the industrial world.
 
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