2006-12-30 23:52:14 · 7 answers · asked by paulbucht 1 in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Belgium
a straight answer to your straight question - around 30,000 square kilometers (11,700 square miles)
Area- a of total 30,528 km² (11,787 square miles), Water (%) 6.4
2007-01-03 01:17:34 · answer #1 · answered by doingmybest 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As per Wikipedia
"Belgium, with an area of 30 528 square kilometres (11,787 sq. mi), has three main geographical regions: the coastal plain in the north-west, the central plateau, and the Ardennes uplands in the south-east. The coastal plain consists mainly of sand dunes and polders. Polders are areas of land, close to or below sea level that have been reclaimed from the sea, from which they are protected by dikes or, further inland, by fields that have been drained with canals. The second geographical region, the central plateau, lies further inland. This is a smooth, slowly rising area that has many fertile valleys and is irrigated by many waterways. Here one can also find rougher land, including caves and small gorges.Belgium shares borders with France 620 km, Germany 167 km, Luxembourg 148 km and Netherlands 450 km.
Landscape in the Hautes Fagnes, in the ArdennesThe third geographical region, called the Ardennes, is more rugged than the first two. It is a thickly forested plateau, very rocky and not very good for farming, which extends into northern France and in Germany where it is named Eifel. This is where much of Belgium's wildlife can be found. Belgium's highest point, the Signal de Botrange is located in this region at only 694 metres (2,277 ft).
The climate is maritime temperate, with significant precipitation in all seasons (Köppen climate classification: Cfb; the average temperature is 3 °C (37°F) in January, and 18° C (64 °F) in July; the average precipitation is 65 millimetres (2.6 in) in January, and 78 millimetres (3.1 in) in July).[13]
Because of its high population density and location in the centre of Western Europe, Belgium faces serious environmental problems. A 2003 report[14] suggested that the water in Belgium's rivers was of the lowest quality in Europe, and bottom of the 122 countries studied"
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2006-12-30 23:56:05 · answer #2 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Capital: Brussels
King: Albert II
Prime Minister: Guy Verhofstadt
Government: federal parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarch
Time zone: GMT +1
Area: 30510
Population: 10400000
People: 55% Flemish, 33% Walloons (French Latin) and about 10% foreigners.
Languages: Belgium's tangled tongues date back to when Christ was a toddler and Franks were forcing Celts and Gauls into the land's southern regions, making an early form of Dutch the norm in the north. And so it remains, with French the accepted language in the south. Brussels, stuck in the middle, is one of the world's few officially bilingual capitals.French speakers live in Wallonia in the south.
75% Roman Catholic
Currency: Euro (Euro)
Major industries: Services, agriculture, chemicals, engineering, metal products, car manufacturing, iron and steel, textiles and food
Major Trading Partners: EU (esp. Germany, France, Netherlands, UK), USA
Daylight Saving: From last Sunday in March to last Sunday in October
Country Dialing Code: 32
2006-12-31 00:47:54 · answer #3 · answered by OK 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
In terms of travel time you an get across Belgium in less than 4 hours, faster if you are traveling by express. My friend drove my Paris to Amsterdam in just over 6 hours, (So he had to go through Belgium) Its about two and a half hours from Brussels to Amsterdam if I remember correct. In terms of what you might want to see the countries' not that large. Brussels, Antwerp and Bruges are the main tourist destinations. Unless you are interested in E>U buildings, Waterloo, the history of comic books, urinating statues, waffles, french fries, mussels, chocolate, excellent varieties of beer..There's not that much to see or do there.
2006-12-31 00:26:23 · answer #4 · answered by zackadoo 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It's about the size of Maryland, that should make sense if you're from the USA!
2007-01-02 20:07:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on which map you look at. on my map it's about the size of quarter, but my mate has a map and it's huge
2007-01-02 03:54:41 · answer #6 · answered by mo the man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Small
2006-12-31 00:01:42 · answer #7 · answered by Nathalie D 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋