Belgium

Belgium's Flag

In Belgium 59% of the people that live there speak Dutch, 33% of the people French and the other 8% speak other languages.There are different names to call Belgium for example the Dutch name is Koninkrijk Belgie, although the French call Belgium Royaume de Belique. You might be wondering what all these names mean, suprisingly they don't mean "Belgium" they mean "The Kingdom Of Belgium"

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Belgium

Name: Isabella Jozwiak Date: 2-21-14

The most common climates are: cool, temperate and rainy. In the summer the average temperature would be 77°F, winters are 45°F. The rarest temperature that Belgium never really had are 10°F and 100°F.

Climates

According to the year 1994 Belgium used 21.3% of land for forests, 21.0% for pasture, 24.2% for agriculture and 33.5% for other needs.The enviroment is exposed to pressure from humanactivities like: urbanization, dense transportation network, industry, extensive animal breeding and crop cultivation.

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Water Features

Religions

Some of the major rivers are: ∙ the Meuse R. and ∙ the Scheldt R.Although, some other rivers are the Leie and Escaut. Belgium's city Ostend is the closest major city to the North Sea.

75% of the people that live in Belgium are Roman Catholic, although 25% of people are Protestant.

Belgium Waffles

Here is a video of Brussels, Belgium's capital.

Brussels,Belgium