Geography of Belgium

Belgium is a country with an area of 30,528 km², located in the Northwest of Europe. It is bordered to the North by the Netherlands, to the East by the Federal Republic of Germany, in the South-East to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, in the South and southwest to France; in the Northwest to the North Sea.



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[hide] *1 latitudes and geographical centre  ==Latitudes and geographical centre[ Edit] == There are hardly two latitudes between the northernmost point (London, 51 ° 30 ') and the southernmost (Torgny, 49 ° 30 '). Between the westernmost point (De Panne, 2 ° 33 ') and the easternmost (Manderfeld, 6 ° 24 ') of Belgium are four longitudes.
 * Format 2
 * 2.1 Low-Belgium
 * 2.2 Middle-Belgium
 * 2.3 High-Belgium
 * 3 Climate
 * 3.1 global warming
 * 4 basic data
 * 5 see also

The geographical center of Belgium is located in Nil-Saint-Vincent (municipality of Walhain) in the province of Walloon Brabant, at 50 ° 38 ' n, longitude 04 ° 40 ' East longitude. These new calculations of the National Geographic Institute of its title as Rob Itter geographical center. The earlier calculations were dating from 1919 and ignored the East cantons. ==Format[ Edit] == Belgium can be divided into three geographical areas:

===Low-Belgium[ Edit] === Low-Belgium begins in the West with the coast, a strip of sea, sand beach and dunes, which are in a straight line over a distance of approximately 65 km. Behind the coast are the polders, a flat and very fertile land once was engulfed by the sea regularly, but now drained and is protected against the strong tides by locks. Between the Western polders, the Scheldt and the Leie is the Flemish plain, a Sandy area here and there hilly.In line with the Flemish plain, to the East, lie the Kempen. The landscape consists mainly of pine forests, pasture and corn fields. ===Middle-Belgium<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);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Behind the Flemish plain and the Kempen and gradually increasing to the Sambreand Meuse valleys, lies Central Belgium. These low forms the most fruitful ground clay plateaus of Belgium. In the highly urbanisedBrabant is the Sonian forest still a remnant of the former Coal forest, which is located in the Roman times stretched over much of the country. Furthermore it includes Middle- Hainaut Belgium in the West and in the EastHaspengouw. Also In this very fruitful places are large farms nestled between vast fields and pasture. ===High-Belgium<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" 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;">High-Belgium is the least populated and woodiest part of the country. It starts South of Sambre and Meuse with the Condroz-plateau. This fertile region is especially famous as a tourist attraction because of the valleys of the Meuse and the Ourthe and the numerous monuments. Between the Vesdre and Meuse is the Land of Herve, that because of its rich, moist clay soil is very suitable for pasture and for grazing. South of the Condroz is the Fagne- Famenne areaand; Although not very suitable for agriculture is they are known by the numerous caves, like that of Han-sur-Lesse and Remouchamps. Still further south we find the Ardennes, a gorgeous, very wooded area with natural deciduous forests and planted pine forests, alternating with plateaus and deep valleys. The highest point is the signal de Botrange 694 m.
 * Low-Belgium (up to 100 m above sea level),
 * Middle-Belgium (from 100 m to 300 m above sea level) and
 * High-Belgium (from 300 m to 694 m above sea level).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the most southern part of Belgium is the Belgian Lorraine. ==Climate<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" 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:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Belgium enjoy a temperate climate, with moderate temperatures, predominantly Western winds, strong regular rainfall and cloud cover . In Low-and Middle-Belgium is the average annual temperature about 10 ° c, the average January temperature 3 to 4 ° c and the average July temperature about 18 ° c. The annual precipitation is about 800 mm, which is spread over all months. On the Ardennes heights are 3 to 5 ° c lower the average temperatures and precipitation is 50 to 80% higher. In the Belgian Lorraine is the climate milder than in the rest of the country, especially on the southern flank of the third "cuesta", where one in Torgny even vineyards has laid out. ===Warming<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);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since the end of the eighties of the 20th century the average temperature about 1 degree higher than before. This warming trend seems to continue. 2006 and 2007 vomiting both the record of the warmest year ever, with respectively 11.4 ° c and 11.5 ° c. This sequence of heat records is due to a period of extremely abnormally high temperatures that began July 2006 and continued after a relatively cold August month through June 2007. The average temperature over this period of 12 months with 12.9 ° c more than 3 ° c above the average for the period 1961-1990 and there were 3 season records in a row broken: the warmest autumn ever (13.9 ° c), the warmest winter ever (6.6 ° c) and the warmest spring ever (12.3 ° c). There were also four month records: the warmest July month ever (23 ° f), the warmest september month ever (18.4 ° f), the warmest January ever (7.2 ° c) and the warmest april month ever (14.3 ° c). It remains to be seen whether this rise in temperature will continue. For the time being, will it not yet long enough to be regarded as climate change . ==Basic Data<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;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:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following table contains basic information about the geography of Belgium .