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Geography of the Netherlands
Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...
The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ...
Geographic coordinates: ca. 51° - 53° N, 4° - 7° E
- 1 degree = 111 km NS, 68 km EW (the ratio is 0.61, the cosine of the latitude)
- 1 minute = 1,850 m NS (ca. 1 nautical mile), 1,140 m EW
- 1 second = 31 m NS, 19 m EW
Also the Dutch RD coordinate system (Rijksdriehoeksmeting) is common, see [1] (https://rdinfo.kadaster.nl/pdf/rd_brochure.pdf) (pdf, in Dutch; see little map on p.1) and converter (http://web.inter.nl.net/users/F.Kissels/gps/conversie.html). There is a west-east coordinate between 0 and 280 km, and a south-north coordinate between 300 and 620 km. A nautical mile is a unit of distance, or length, as physical scientists like to call it. ...
The reference point is the Onze-Lieve-Vrouwentoren (Our Lady's tower) in Amersfoort, with RD coordinates (155.000, 463.000) and geographic coordinates ca. 52°9′ N 5°23′ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=52_9_N_5_23_E_). Amersfoort is also a town in South Africa. ...
Rate of change of solar time: 1 minute per 17 km EW. Solar time is based on the idea that, when the sun reaches its highest point in the sky, it is noon. ...
Highest altitude of the Sun on a day varies at the center from 38.5 - 23.5 = 15 degrees in December to 38.5 + 23.5 = 62 degrees in June. This occurs, depending on east-west location, at ca. 11:40 UTC, i.e. local time 12:40 in winter and 13:40 in summer. Altitude is the elevation of an object from a known level or datum, called zero level. ...
Map references: Europe World map showing location of Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is geologically and geographically a peninsula, forming the westernmost part of Eurasia. ...
Area:
total: 41,526 km²
land: 33,883 km²
water: 7,643 km²
Land boundaries:
total: 1,027 km
border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km
Coastline: 451 km
Maritime claims:
exclusive fishing zone: 200 nautical miles
territorial sea: 12 nautical miles A nautical mile is a unit of distance, or length, as physical scientists like to call it. ...
Climate: temperate; marine; cool summers and mild winters
Terrain: mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast A polder is a low-lying tract of land that forms an artificial hydrological entity, enclosed by embankments known as dikes and requiring drainage by pumps to prevent the water table within it from rising too high. ...
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Zuidplaspolder (Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel) -7 m
highest point: Vaalserberg 321 m Nieuwerkerk aan den IJssel (population: 22,344 in 2004) is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...
Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, arable land Gas (actually as, part of the Gnu Binutils package) is the default Gcc Back-end. ...
Nodding donkey pumping an oil well near Sarnia, Ontario, 2001 Petroleum (from Latin petra – rock and oleum – oil), crude oil, sometimes colloquially called black gold, is a thick, dark brown or greenish flammable liquid, which exists in the upper strata of some areas of the Earths crust. ...
Land use:
arable land: 25%
permanent crops: 3%
permanent pastures: 25%
forests and woodland: 8%
other: 39% (1996 est.)
Irrigated land: 6,000 km² (1996 est.)
Natural hazards: the extensive system of dikes, dams and sand dunes protect nearly one-half of the total area from being flooded A dyke (or dike) is a stone or earthen wall constructed as a defence or as a boundary. ...
Environment - current issues: 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 Pollution is the release of harmful environmental contaminants, or the substances so released. ...
For other meanings, see heavy metal The term heavy metal may have various more general or more specific meanings. ...
Nitrates are the salts of nitric acid. ...
In chemistry, a phosphate is a polyatomic ion or radical consisting of one phosphorus atom and four oxygen. ...
Acid rain is defined as rain with a pH of below 4. ...
Environment - international agreements:
party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Biodiversity, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol
Geography - note: located at mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine, Maas or Meuse, and Scheldt) The Rhine canyon (Ruinaulta) in Graubünden in Switzerland Length 1,320 km Elevation of the source Vorderrhein: approx. ...
The Meuse(Maas) at Maastricht Length 925 km Elevation of the source 409 m Average discharge 230 m³/s Area watershed 36 000 km² Origin France Mouth Hollands Diep Basin countries France - Belgium - Netherlands The Meuse (Dutch Maas) is a large European river rising in France, flowing through Belgium and...
The Scheldt in Antwerp Length 350 km Elevation of the source 95 m Average discharge 120 m³/s Area watershed 21860 km² Origin France Mouth Westerschelde Basin countries France, Belgium, Netherlands The Scheldt (Dutch: Schelde, French lEscaut) is a 350 km[1] (217 mile) long river that finds its...
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See also
All provinces of the Netherlands are divided into municipalities (gemeenten), together 467 (2005); among these we can distinguish: those comprising one main city, town or village with the same name as the municipality, and possibly some additional villages; for example Utrecht, comprising the city Utrecht and the villages De Meern...
This is a list of the extreme points of the Netherlands, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. ...
External links - Map showing first two digits of postal codes (http://www.odekerken.net/portal/content/postcode.php) (see List of postal codes in the Netherlands), ditto (http://www.surfusuf.nl/surfusuf/services/notepad.asp)
- Map showing first three digits of postal codes for the midwest of the Netherlands (http://www.bacher.de/neuebilder/niederl_plz.jpg)
- Locate town or village; find municipality it is part of, range of postal codes, and some other basic data (http://www.zoekplaats.nl/zoekplaats/)
- Find postal code for a full address, and address for full postal code plus street number (http://www.tpgpost.nl/zoeken/eng_postcode_finder.html)
- For each municipality a pdf file (http://www.cbs.nl/nl/publicaties/publicaties/nederland-regionaal/gom/2002/gemeente-a.htm) - with statistics in Dutch, and with (towards the end) a map showing the neighborhoods (together ca. 11,000), and listing (a few pages further) the population figures etc. as well as the grouping into quarters (together ca 2,400)
- Lists of "places" (towns, villages, and various smaller entities), with municipality: alphabetical (ca. 4,800) (http://home.wxs.nl/~pagklein/almanak.html) - by province (extended, ca. 7,000) (http://www.metatopos.org/)
Dutch Postal codes are codes consisting of 4 digits followed by 2 uppercase letters (the letter combinations SS, SD and SA are not used). ...
Maps - Multimap (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?X=600000&Y=6800000&scale=4000000&coordsys=mercator) - shows geographic coordinates and allows a direct link to a map for a given location and with a given zoom level; shows all railways from scale 1:500k, all railway stations from 1:50k
- Vialys (http://62.225.145.2/Vialys/affiliates/vialys/common/index.asp?LNG=GB)
- http://www.locatienet.nl/ - almost the same as http://www.routenet.nl - apart from producing maps, also gives address range for a full postal code, and shows the four-digit parts of the postal codes on the maps
- http://www.map24.nl/index.php?language=en (also used by http://www.lycos.nl/lycos/route/ )
- http://www.routemaster.nl/ ; similar or the same:
- http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=NL&zoom=3
- to link directly to a city: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=NL&city=, type city at the end of the URL
- to link directly to a postal code: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=NL&zipcode=, type four-digit code at the end of the URL
- to link to given geographic coordinates: latlongtype=decimal&latitude=...&longitude=... - a red star shows the location on the map; in the largest scale one pixel is ca. 1.5 m or from 0.000015 degrees; therefore for the number of degrees up to five decimals can make sense for exact pinpointing (although the star size is 16x16 pixels and not transparent, hence a small map detail and ca. one letter of text may be covered by the star)
- specify zoom level 0-9: add "&zoom=zoom level" (note that the zoom level in MapQuest's hoverbox have numbers which are one more, the range is 1-10)
- http://de.maps.yahoo.com/py/maps.py?country=nl
- Michelin (http://www.viamichelin.com/viamichelin/deu/dyn/controller/mapHomePage)
- NS rail travel planner (http://www.ns.nl/cgi-ns/nsbaliecgi?language=2) - contains a detailed map of the whole country; to view a location, specify it as destination and choose an arbitrary point of departure, then ask for the route map of the post transport from the train station. Of course the map shows railroads and train stations clearly. If you specify "Public transport" as means of pre or post transport, you will be redirected to http://www.9292ov.nl (see above).
- Yellow pages / Telephone directory (http://www.goudengids.nl/) - A map (plattegrond) is provided after searching for a company or person; if one just wants to use the map, do an arbitrary search like [2] (http://www.goudengids.nl/ntlist.asp?csel=1&bname=Jansen&locationtype=city%7C07&city=Utrecht&gonewsrch=1), select Plattegrond and by zooming out and selecting an area to zoom in go to any part of the map.
- Topographical Service map selection tool (http://kadaster.gisinternet.nl/kaartapp/index.cfm?fa=map) (can to some extent be used as a map by itself)
- Single png-map (http://www.xs4all.nl/~digirini/gps/nederland.zip) (zip)
- See also the links of:
For public transport maps see Transportation in the Netherlands#External links. Transportation in the Netherlands Rail transport Railway tracks (2001) all standard gauge (1. ...
Beach locations are defined by km-pole numbers, indicated on wooden poles every 250 m. See map (zip-file) (http://www.rovernet.nl/winkel/rover_strandfolder.zip) with beach from Den Helder to Hoek van Holland, showing these numbers and also public transport info. Den Helder is located in the northmost point of North Holland, the Netherlands. ...
Hoek van Holland (literally Corner of Holland, but known in English as Hook of Holland) is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. ...
Miscellaneous - Satellite image (http://www.xs4all.nl/~stefanne/geocaching/images/Nederland-satelliet.jpg)
- Overview of paper atlases (http://www.kb.nl/infolev/liber/articles/distr-60.htm)
- Historic map 1658 (http://grid.let.rug.nl/~welling/maps/janssonius/jansoni.jpg)
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