Geography of The Netherlands
- The Netherlands is: a country, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
- Location (European Netherlands):
- Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
- Eurasia
- Europe
- Western Europe
- Europe
- Time zone: Central European Time (UTC+01), Central European Summer Time (UTC+02)
- Extreme points of the Netherlands:
- North: 53°33′18″N 6°28′41″E
- East: 53°10′49″N 7°13′40″E
- South: 50°45′01.5″N 5°54′54.0″E
- West: 51°18′57″N 3°21′30″E
- High: Vaalserberg 322 m (1,056 ft)
- Low: Zuidplaspolder −6.7 m (−22 ft)
- Land boundaries: 1,027 km
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- Germany 577 km
- Belgium 450 km
- Coastline: North Sea 451 km
- Population of the Netherlands: 16,783,092
- Area of the Netherlands: 41,526 km2 / 16,033 sq mi
- Water: 18.41%
- Atlas of the Netherlands
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