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'''FIGURE 5. The rolling interior of the Harz (U/OU)''' (photo)

on Berlin, and the numerous seasonally and perennially wet areas.

Good facilities for rapid onroad movement are provided by the dense network of surfaced roads augmented by several high-capacity autobahns (four-lane, limited-access, divided, concrete highways) which serve all large urban areas and important industrial concentrations. Berlin is the focus of the East German highway system, but the greatest concentration of roads is in the southern half of the country. The major roads are capable of supporting sustained heavy traffic during all seasons of the year. The few bottlenecks to onroad movement consist of steep grades and winter snows in the hills and sharp curves, stone gateways, and narrow streets in towns and villages. Offroad dispersal would be hindered mainly by wet ground and drainage ditches in the north and by steep slopes and rugged terrain in the southern hills. Road with unrestricted alignments and gentle grades could be built relatively easily in most places. Natural foundations are fair to poor, but natural construction materials are readily available. Major construction problems would be encountered in areas of poorly drained soils, in scattered tracts of dense forest, and on steep slopes of the southern hills.

'''FIGURE 6. Village in the Erzgebirge (U/OU)''' (photo)

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