<item>• <hi format=ital>meadows and pastures:</hi> 32%
<item>• <hi format=ital>forest and woodland:</hi> 9%
<item>• <hi format=ital>other:</hi> 32%
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<item><hi format=bold>Irrigated land:</hi> 5,500 sq km (1989 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Environment:</hi>
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<item>• <hi format=ital>current issues:</hi> water pollution in the form of heavy metals, organic compounds, and nutrients such as nitrates and phosphates; air pollution from vehicles and refining activities; acid rain
<item>• <hi format=ital>natural hazards:</hi> the extensive system of dikes and dams, protects nearly one-half of the total area from being flooded
<item>• <hi format=ital>international agreements:</hi> party to—Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber, Wetlands, Whaling; signed, but not ratified—Biodiversity, Law of the Sea
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<item><hi format=bold>Note:</hi> located at mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine, Maas or Meuse, Schelde)