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The Netherlands: Ground Transport Below Sea Level

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The Netherlands are situated at the mouth of the rivers Rhine, Maas and Schelde and border on the North Sea. The highest point (321 m) is in the extreme south-east and the lowest (6.70 m below sea level) near the city of Rotterdam. In total about a quarter of the land area is below sea level.

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Korver, W., Jansen, G.R.M., Bovy, P.H.L. (1993). The Netherlands: Ground Transport Below Sea Level. In: Salomon, I., Bovy, P., Orfeuil, JP. (eds) A Billion Trips a Day. Transportation Research, Economics and Policy. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8118-9_19

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