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 Belgium
shares borders with France (620 km), Germany (167 km), Luxembourg
(148 km) and the Netherlands (450 km). Its total area, including
surface water area, is 33,990 square kilometres; land area alone is
30,528 km2. Belgium has three main geographical regions: the coastal
plain in the north-west and the central plateau both belong to the
Anglo-Belgian Basin; the Ardennes uplands in the south-east are part
of the Hercynian orogenic belt. The Paris Basin reaches a small
fourth area at Belgium's southernmost tip, Belgian Lorraine.
The coastal plain consists mainly of sand dunes and polders. Further
inland lies a smooth, slowly rising landscape irrigated by numerous
waterways, with fertile valleys and the northeastern sandy plain of
the Campine (Kempen). The thickly forested hills and plateaus of the
Ardennes are more rugged and rocky with caves and small gorges, and
offer much of Belgium's wildlife but little agricultural capability.
Extending westward into France, this area is eastwardly connected to
the Eifel in Germany by the High Fens plateau, on which the Signal
de Botrange forms the country's highest point at 694 metres (2,277
ft).
Wooded landscape of Ardennes
The climate is maritime temperate, with significant precipitation in
all seasons (Köppen climate classification: Cfb). The average
temperature is lowest in January at 3 °C (37 °F), and highest in
July at 18 °C (64 °F). The average precipitation per month varies
between 54 millimetres (2.1 in) in February or April, to 78
millimetres (3.1 in) in July. Averages for the years 2000 to 2006
show daily temperature minimums of 7 °C (45 °F) and maximums of 14
°C (57 °F), and monthly rainfall of 74 millimetres (2.9 in); these
are about 1 degree Celsius and nearly 10 millimetres above last
century's normal values, respectively.
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Luxury Hotels in Belgium |
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Hotel
Eurostars Montgomery
***** |
Belgium -
Brussels
Eurostars Montgomery is an intimate, tranquil luxury boutique hotel,
roughly ten minutes walking distance from the European Union (EU)
Institutions located on the other side of the Parc du Cinquantenaire.
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Negresco Hotel
- Furnished throughout with a
unique personal collection of antiques and contemporary works of art,
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