Belgium Geography

What is the terrain and geography like in Belgium?

Overview

Belgium is an area of 11,799 square miles. The thirty-nine miles of Belgian coast are washed by the North Sea; 896 miles of the land frontier border the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and France. The Meuse River and its tributary, the Sambre, divide the country into two distinct geographic regions: a level, fertile area to the north and west, and the hilly, wooded region, the Ardennes, to the south and east. The capital, Brussels, is in the center of the Kingdom. With Ghent and Antwerp, it forms a triangle enclosing the most heavily built-up and densely populated area of Belgium. Approximately 50% (4 million acres) of Belgium is still farmland; forest covers less than one-fifth of the land.

Geography - note

Crossroads of Western Europe; the majority of West European capitals are within 1,000 km of Brussels, the seat of both the European Union and NATO

Belgium Use of Natural Resources

Geographic Location	Europe
Total Area	11,787 Square Miles 30,528 Square Kilometers
Land Area	11,690 Square Miles 30,278 Square Kilometers
Water Area	97 Square Miles 250 Square Kilometers
Land Boundaries	861 Miles 1,385 Kilometers
Irrigated Land	90 Square Miles 233 Square Kilometers
Border Countries	France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km
Coastline	41 Miles 66 Kilometers
Geographic Coordinates	50 50 N, 4 00 E
Terrain	Flat coastal plains in the northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
Highest Point	694 Meters
Highest Point Location	Signal de Botrange 694 m
Lowest Point Location	North Sea 0 m
Natural Resources	Coal, natural gas, construction materials, silica sand, carbonates
Time Zone	UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
Daylight saving time	+1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

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