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fiogf49gjkf0d THE NETHERLANDS ARE SITUATED IN NORTHWEST EUROPE, COVERING AN AREA OF 41,548SQ KM. GERMANY BORDERS THE COUNTRY TO THE EAST, BELGIUM TO THE SOUTH, AND THE NORTH SEA TO THE WEST AND THE NORTH. THE NETHERLANDS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO REGIONS; THE HIGH AND THE LOW REGION. THE HIGH REGION IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTH AND EAST AND COMPRISES OF LARGE PLAINS AND HIGH RIDGES. THESE RIDGES NEVER REACH OVER 100M ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE COUNTRY IS MOUNT VAALSERBERG AT 347M. THE LOW REGION IS SITUATED IN THE SOUTHWEST, WEST, NORTHWEST AND NORTH. IT IS MADE UP OF THE COMMON DELTA OF THE RHINE, SCHELDT AND THE MAAS RIVERS. COASTAL REGIONS ARE GENERALLY BELOW SEA LEVEL. ENCLOSING THE POLDERS, IS A LONG RANGE OF SAND DUNES, STRENGTHENED BY MAN MADE DIKES. THESE ALSO PROTECT SOME OF THE LOW REGION FROM HIGH TIDES. THE COUNTRY'S LONGEST RIVERS ARE THE MEUSE, THE RHINE AND THE SCHELDE.
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