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<title>
Belgium: Geography
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Belgium
Geography</hdr><body>
<p>Location: Western Europe, bordering on the North Sea, between
France and the Netherlands
</p>
<list>
<l>Area:</l>
<l> total area: 30,510 km2</l>
<l> land area: 30,230 km2</l>
<l> comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland</l>
</list>
<p>Land boundaries: total 1,385 km, France 620 km, Germany 167
km, Luxembourg 148 km, Netherlands 450 km
</p>
<p>Coastline: 64 km
</p>
<list>
<l>Maritime claims:</l>
<l> continental shelf: equidistant line with neighbors</l>
<l> exclusive fishing zone: equidistant line with neighbors
(extends about 68 km from coast)</l>
<l> territorial sea: 12 nm</l>
</list>
<p>International disputes: none
</p>
<p>Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid,
cloudy
</p>
<p>Terrain: flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling
hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
</p>
<p>Natural resources: coal, natural gas
</p>
<list>
<l>Land use:</l>
<l> arable land: 24%</l>
<l> permanent crops: 1%</l>
<l> meadows and pastures: 20%</l>
<l> forest and woodland: 21%</l>
<l> other: 34%</l>
</list>
<p>Irrigated land: 10 km2 (1989 est.)
</p>
<p>Environment: air and water pollution
</p>
<p>Note: crossroads of Western Europe; majority of West European
capitals within 1,000 km of Brussels which is the seat of the EC
</p></body></article></text>