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Detailed Analysis for Year: 2013
Full Dataset: from 1993 to 2008
Dataset updated: 6th May 2013
Data Source: CIA Factbook
National or Regional Currency: Euro
Currency Symbol: EUR
Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between Belgium and Germany
Geographic coordinates: 52 30 N, 5 45 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 41,543 sq km land: 33,893 sq km water: 7,650 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly less than twice the size of New Jersey
Terrain: mostly coastal lowland and reclaimed land (polders); some hills in southeast
Elevation extremes: lowest point: Zuidplaspolder -7 m highest point: Mount Scenery 862 m (on the island of Saba in the Caribbean, now considered an integral part of the Netherlands following the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles) note: the highest point on continental Netherlands is Vaalserberg at 322 m
Land boundaries: total: 1,027 km border countries: Belgium 450 km, Germany 577 km
Coastline: 451 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm contiguous zone: 24 nm exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
Geography - note: located at mouths of three major European rivers (Rhine, Maas or Meuse, and Schelde)