Netherlands | History, Flag, Population, Languages, Map, Facts
The country is indeed lowlying and remarkably flat, with large expanses of lakes, rivers, and canals. Some 2,500 square miles (6,500 square km) of the Netherlands consist of reclaimed land, the result of a process of careful water management dating back to medieval the coasts, land was reclaimed from the sea, and, in the interior, lakes and marshes were drained, especially ...