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Europe > Netherlands > Transportation

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Aircraft departures 18 [18th of 155]
Airports 131 [131st of 231]
Airports > With paved runways > 2438 to 3047 m 36 [36th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > 914 to 1523 m 45 [45th of 117]
Airports > With paved runways > Over 3047 m 49 [49th of 119]
Airports > With paved runways > Total 77 [77th of 227]
Airports > With unpaved runways > 914 to 1523 m 113 [113rd of 137]
Cars 15 per 1,000 people [15th of 18]
Highways > Paved 17 km [17th of 171]
Highways > Total 26 km [26th of 181]
Highways > Unpaved 63 km [63rd of 168]
Merchant marine > Ships by type
bulk 1, cargo 375, chemical tanker 59, combination bulk 1, container 71, liquefied gas 13, multi-functional large load carrier 15, passenger 12, petroleum tanker 28, refrigerated cargo 37, roll on/roll off 14, short-sea/passenger 2, specialized tanker 7
Motor vehicles 20 motor vehicles per 100 p [20th of 134]
Pipelines
condensate 81 km; gas 7,229 km; oil 578 km; refined products 716 km (2006)
Ports and harbors
Amsterdam, Delfzijl, Dordrecht, Eemshaven, Groningen, Haarlem, IJmuiden, Maastricht, Rotterdam, Terneuzen, Utrecht, Vlissingen
Railways > Standard gauge 32 km 1.435-m gauge [32nd of 63]
Roadways > Total 33 km [33rd of 222]
Vehicle abundance 1 per square km [1st of 141]
Waterways 21 km [21st of 106]
Waterways > A note
47% of total route length is usable by craft of 1,000-metric-ton capacity or larger

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SOURCES: Aircraft departures are the number of domestic and international take-offs of air carriers registered in the country.; Total number of airports. Runways must be useable, but may be unpaved. May not have facilities for refuelling, maintenance, or air traffic control. ; Number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Total number of airports with paved runways (concrete or asphalt surfaces) ; Total number of airports with useable unpaved runways (grass, dirt, sand, or gravel surfaces), categorised according to the length of the longest runway; Cars per 1,000 people (1999).; total length of the paved parts of the highway system; total length of the highway system; total length of the unpaved parts of the highway system; Merchant marine may be defined as all ships engaged in the carriage of goods; or all commercial vessels (as opposed to all non-military ships), which excludes tugs, fishing vessels, offshore oil rigs, etc.; or a grouping of merchant ships by nationality o; Motor vehicles per 1,000 people; The lengths and types of pipelines for transporting products like natural gas, crude oil, or petroleum products ; The major ports and harbors selected on the basis of overall importance to each country. This is determined by evaluating a number of factors (e.g., dollar value of goods handled, gross tonnage, facilities, and military significance).; This entry states the total route length of the railway network and of its component parts by gauge: broad, dual, narrow, standard, and other. ; This entry gives the total length of the road network and includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions. ; Vehicles per populated land area
Units: Vehicles/Populated Land Area (in km2)
Units: Air pollution is generally greatest in densely populated areas. To take this into account, we used the Gridded Population of the World dataset available from CIESIN and calculated the total land area in each country inhabited with a population density of greater than 5 persons per sq. km. We then utilized this land area as the denominator for the vehicles data.; The total length and individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water. ; The individual names of navigable rivers, canals, and other inland bodies of water.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Netherlands, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, Nederland, the netherlands

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