The Netherlands shares borders to the south with Belgium and to the east with Germany, while the North Sea lies to the north and west. Large areas of The Netherlands have been reclaimed from the sea and consequently one-fifth of the country lies below sea level. The country is flat and level and is criss-crossed by rivers and canals. Areas reclaimed from the sea, known as polders, are extremely fertile. The landscape is broken by …showed first 75 words of 578 total…

…showed last 75 words of 578 total…tural gas (the only mineral resource of any size) meet much of the country's energy needs. Service industries are also important, notably transportation through the container port at Rotterdam, which is the world's busiest (measured by volume of freight handled). So as you can see the Netherlands is a place filled with alot of things and alot of history and can be a good place to vivist if you are in need of a vacation.