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Belgium covers an area of 30,689 km 2 (11,849 sq mi) [4] and has a population of more than 11.7 million; [7] its population density of 383/km 2 (990/sq mi) ranks 22nd in the world and sixth in Europe. The capital and largest metropolitan region is Brussels; [d] other major cities are Antwerp, Ghent, Charleroi, Liège, Bruges, Namur, and Leuven.
image1 = Relief Map of English Channel.png An alternative map image, usually a relief map, which can be displayed via the relief or AlternativeMap parameters; top = 52 Latitude at top edge of map, in decimal degrees; bottom = 48 Latitude at bottom edge of map, in decimal degrees; left = -6.5 Longitude at left edge of map, in decimal degrees ...
Longitude: from West to East this map definition covers 4.7 degrees. At an image width of 200 pixels, that is 0.0235 degrees per pixel. At an image width of 1000 pixels, that is 0.0047 degrees per pixel. Latitude: from North to South this map definition covers 2.6 degrees. At an image height of 200 pixels, that is 0.013 degrees per pixel.
All of Belgium is drained into the North Sea, except the municipality of Momignies (Macquenoise), which is drained by the river Oise into the English Channel. Three major rivers flow into the sea: the Scheldt (200 km in Belgium, 350 km in total), the Meuse (183 km in Belgium, 925 km in total) and the Yser (50 km in Belgium, 78 km in total).
Latitude Locations 90° N North Pole: 75° N: Arctic Ocean; Russia; northern Canada; Greenland: 60° N: Oslo, Norway; Helsinki, Finland; Stockholm, Sweden; major parts of Nordic countries in EU; St. Petersburg, Russia; southern Alaska United States; southern border of the Yukon and the Northwest territories in Canada; Shetland, UK (Scotland)
A topographic map of the Republic, excluding all the overseas departments and territories Simplified physical map. The geography of France consists of a terrain that is mostly flat plains or gently rolling hills in the north and the west and mountainous in the south (including the Massif Central and the Pyrenees) and the east (the country's highest points being in the Alps).
The clock would be set to the local time of a starting point whose longitude was known, and the longitude of any other place could be determined by comparing its local time with the clock time: [54] there is a four-minute difference between locally observed noon and clock noon for each degree of longitude east or west of the initial meridian.
Map of France. Module:Location map/data/France is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of France. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.