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Belgium Belgium is a federal state divided into three regions:
Dutch-speaking Flanders in the north, Wallonia in the south where the language
is French, and Brussels, the bilingual capital, where French and Dutch share
official status. There is also a small German-speaking minority of some 70 000
in the eastern part of the country. Low-Belgium start in the west at the coast, sandy beaches and dunes, which extend themselves in a straight line concerning a distance of approx. 65 kilometres. Behind the coast the polders lie, a very fertile country that has been drained and safeguarded against the strong tide by the dunes. Between the western polders and the rivers the Leie and the Schelde lie the Flemish plain, a sandy region with a few hills. To the east the Kempen, a landscape with mainly pine forests, meadows and corn fields. Mid-Belgium lie behind the Flemish plain and the Kempen and increase gradually to the Samber - and Meuse-valleys. These two loam-plateaus form the most fertile ground of Belgium. Brabant is strongly urbanised, but the Zoniën-forest are still a remainder of the ancient coal forest, which extended themselves into the Roman era concerning a large part of the country. Mid-Belgium include further in the west Henegouwen and in the east Haspengouw. These are also fertile regions with extended lands and pastures. Hign-Belgium is thinly populated and here you will find most of the forests,
starting at the south of the Samber and the Meuse with the Condroz-plateau.
Between the Vesder and the Meuse the country of Herve, which is pre-eminently
arranged because of the rich, wet clay ground for pastures and therefore for
livestock-farming.
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