I live the Netherlands which lies in West Central Europe region.
Netherlands is bordered on the west and north by the North Sea, on the east by Germany, and on the south by Belgium.
It is 37,330 square kilometres.

My Hometown.

I live in a small town in the south east of the Netherlands which has a population of ±3300, just 25 km south of the city Eindhoven (Latitude 51°25' north, Longitude 5°49' east). It lies in the province "Noord Brabant" and is about 30 km from both the Belgian and the German border.

After the founding of an electrical industry in 1891, Eindhoven developed (Philips) into a large industrial and rail centre. Other industries include the manufacture of motor vehicles (DAF trucks) and tobacco products (WillemII). The Eindhoven University of Technology is located here.

Topography

The Netherlands, as its name suggests, is a low-lying country. Much of its western part is below sea level and is interspersed with canals, rivers, and arms of the sea. Further to the east, the land lies slightly above sea level and ranges from flat to gently rolling. The elevation rarely exceeds 50 metres (164 feet).

The North Sea coastline of the Netherlands consists mostly of dunes. In the southwest are gaps in the dunes formed by river mouths, creating a delta of islands and waterways. In the north, the dunes were broken through by the sea, thereby creating the West Fresian Islands and behind them a tidal sea called the Waddenzee. Adjacent to the narrow strip of dunes is an area lying below sea level that is protected by dykes and kept dry by continuous mechanical pumping.

The former Zuiderzee, a large arm of the sea, is being reclaimed. A dyke separating it from the sea was completed in 1932, when work was begun to drain about 225,000 hectares to form reclaimed land known as polders, such as Flevoland and the Northeast Polder. About three-quarters of the area had been reclaimed by the early 1980s. The remaining freshwater lake is called the IJsselmeer.

A 1953 spring tide severely flooded the delta region in the southwest, and about 1,800 people died. The Delta Plan, launched in 1958 and completed in 1986, was implemented to prevent such flooding. Under the plan, the Dutch shortened the coastline by about 700 kilometres (435 miles), developed a system of dykes, and built dams, bridges, locks, and a major canal. The dykes created freshwater lakes and joined some islands.

Most of the eastern half of the Netherlands consists of low-lying land covered by sandy soil deposited by glaciers and rivers. Hilly country is found only in the southern part of Limburg Province, in the foothills of the Ardennes. Vaalserberg (321 metres/1,053 feet), the nation’s highest point, is in this area.

Climate

The Netherlands experiences a temperate maritime climat common to much of northern and western Europe. The average January temperature is 2°C, and the mean July temperature is 17°C. 

Cloudless days are uncommon, as is prolonged frost. Because the Netherlands has few natural barriers, such as high mountains, the climate varies little from region to region.