Geography of Netherlands

The geography of Netherlands gives an overview of geographical and topographical Netherlands again. This is part of the Netherlands ' European '. Since 2010 also make three Caribbean Islands (the BES Islands) politically part of Netherlands. Geographically they have a totally different character and they are therefore not treated here.



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[hide] *1 General  ==General[ Edit] == Netherlands aboveNetherlands is in its physical appearance mainly by two factors determined. The first concerns the location. As the name suggests, is the country's low, even extremely low-lying Netherlands. About 25% of the country[1], including large parts of the densely populated and economically important West, lies below the water level n.a.p. Netherlands is located in delta 's three major rivers, the Rhine, the Meuse and the Scheldt, beside which the IJssel, although a northward tributary of the Rhine, as the fourth great river may apply. This location, the country has also brought great economic benefits. Trade and traffic, particularly with the German hinterland, were not as prosperous can develop without this situation. The growth and flowering of world ports as first those of Amsterdam and then that of Rotterdam, there is partly due to its location on the explainable, as Netherlands North Sea during the centuries an important logistics advantage has provided strong and his role as koopvarende and maritime nation has determined.
 * Borders 2
 * 3 Provinces
 * 4 Urbanization
 * 4.1 urban areas
 * 4.2 Largest agglomerations[2]
 * 4.3 largest municipalities
 * 4.4 towns, villages and hamlets by province
 * 5 Landscape
 * 5.1 Hill areas
 * 5.2 Zone areas
 * 5.3 Islands
 * 5.3.1 Wadden Islands
 * 5.4 land reclamation
 * 5.5 Rivers
 * 5.6 Channels
 * 5.7 Lakes and other bodies of water
 * 6 further statistics

The second factor is the density of its population. Netherlands is one of the most densely populated countries in Europe. This has huge implications for the use of space. The country does not possess a big metropolis, but in the Western provinces are the four largest cities concentrated. In between and around it is a Crown shaped ring of medium places, which together form the so-called Randstad . About 40% of the rural population is concentrated on a small surface here, around a relatively open space, known as the green heart. One could argue that the edge city a ' staggered metropolis ' forms. This situation has pros and cons, but the disadvantages begin to weigh ever more heavily. The road network is overloaded and traffic congestions do daily. The urbanization of the country does not limit itself to the West. Also in the southern and Eastern provinces are cities rows, urban regions and urban nodes. Depending on the definition of over 100,000 to reach some 500,000 inhabitants these agglomerations. ==Borders[ Edit] == In Netherlands is bordered by the North Sea, Germany and Belgium. The length of the land border is 1027 km and the coastline is 451 km long. ==Provinces[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the graph below are the 12 provinces sorted in order of number of inhabitants. Click on the county name for details of that province.

<p len="2711" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;"> ==Urbanization<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == Urbanization and municipalities in Netherlands, 2012 (3659 pixels wide)===Urban areas<span class="mw-editsection" len="349" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Largest agglomerations<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[2]  <span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===Largest municipalities<span class="mw-editsection" len="348" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">These are only the municipalities with more than 100,000 inhabitants. ===Towns, villages and hamlets by province<span class="mw-editsection" len="375" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Landscape<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Netherlands is landscaping into any low portion, consisting of (sometimes with peat covered) sea clay areas, to the West and North, and a high portion, consisting of sand and loess areas in the East and South. To low-rivierklei areas in Central Netherlands the Netherlands can also be counted.
 * 1) Randstad
 * 2) Rotterdam-Rijnmond
 * 3) Regional Body Amsterdam (ROA)
 * 4) Board Region Utrecht (BRU)
 * 5) Brabantine City Row
 * 6) Parkstad Limburg
 * 7) Arnhem-Nijmegen Junction (CAN)
 * 8) Regio Twente
 * 9) Region Vision Groningen-Assen
 * 10) Breda-Tilburg
 * 11) Joint Venture Eindhoven Region
 * 12) Brabantse Outside cities and Woensdrecht

===Hill Areas<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Lowest point: municipality of zuidplas (South Holland) -6.76 m.
 * Highest point: Vaalserberg 322,7 m. (Limburg). The highest point is Mount Scenery on Dutch territory on Saba (887 m).
 * Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, fertile land.
 * Land use: agricultural and pasture: 25%, permanent buildings: 3%, Permanent grazing: 25%, forests and forestry land: 8%, other: ca. 39% (1996). Irrigated land: ca. 6000 km ² (1996).
 * Rivers: three major European rivers (Rhine, Maas and Schelde) drain into Netherlands. Other major rivers include the Waal and IJssel, both branches of the Rhine.
 * Natural threat: flooding by sea and rivers.
 * National parks: list of national parks of Netherlands
 * Dinkelland- Hondsrug - Montferland - Nijmegen - Sallandse Heuvelrug - Utrechtse Heuvelrug - Veluwe - Zoom country - South-Limburg

===Regional Areas<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===
 * Achterhoek - Betuwe - bollenstreek - Eemland - Gelderse Vallei - The Throw - green heart - The Peel - Twente - Westerwolde - West-Friesland - Zeeland and South Holland Islands -Zeeuws-Vlaanderen - South-Limburg - Kempen - Salland- Kop van Overijssel - Southwest-Friesland (Westergo)

===Islands<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====West Frisian Islands<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ====
 * Texel - Vlieland - Terschelling - Ameland - Schiermonnikoog - Rottumerplaat - Rottumeroog

===Land Reclamation<span class="mw-editsection" len="344" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Reclaimed large parts of Netherlands and Netherlands State abroad are also known. So, there is the foreign pronunciation; God created the Earth but the Dutch created the Netherlands.

Netherlands from space<p lang="en" len="45" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Important reclaimed land in Netherlands are:


 * 1597: Zijpe
 * 1610: Wieringerwaard
 * 1612: Babu
 * 1614: Zoetermeerse Meerpolder
 * 1622: Purmer - Wijdewormer
 * 1629: Watergraafsmeer
 * 1631: Heerhugowaard
 * 1635: Fencer
 * 1840: zuidplaspolder
 * 1852: Haarlemmermeer
 * 1874: Prince Alexander polder
 * 1876: IJpolders
 * 1930: Wieringermeer
 * 1942: noordoostpolder
 * 1957: Oostelijk Flevoland
 * 1968: Zeewolde

<p lang="en" len="71" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Also the Zeeland and South Holland Islands are largely reclaimed. ===Rivers<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===


 * Bergsche Maas - Amstel - Dintel - Eem - Gouwe - Hollandsche IJssel - IJ - IJssel - Lek - Maas - Merwede - Nieuwe Maas - North - Oude Maas - Rhine - Reitdiep - Stir - Overijsselse Vecht - Utrechtse Vecht - Waal

===Channels<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===


 * Amsterdam-Rhine Canal - Calandkanaal - Channel from Ghent to Terneuzen - Nieuwe Waterweg - North Sea Canal - Princess Margriet Canal - Scheldt-Rhine Canal - Twentekanaal - Valley channel - By Harinxmakanaal - Van Starkenborghkanaal - Wilhelmina channel -- Zuid-willemsvaart Canal through Zuid-Beveland - Canal through Walcheren - Juliana Canal

===Lakes and other bodies of water<span class="mw-editsection" len="354" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ===


 * Biesbosch - Dollard - Eemmeer - Ems - Frisian Lakes - gooimeer Lake - Lake - haringvliet - Hollands Diep - IJsselmeer - Ketelmeer - lauwersmeer - Loosdrechtse plassen - maasplassen - Markermeer - North Sea -Oosterschelde - Reeuwijkse plassen - Veerse Meer - veluwemeer - Vinkeveense plassen - Wadden Sea - Western Scheldt - wolderwijd - Black More

==Further statistics<span class="mw-editsection" len="351" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:inherit;">Below is a table with information about the geography of Netherlands<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="346" style="line-height:1;">[source? ].
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