{"id":113740,"date":"2026-07-18T11:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=113740"},"modified":"2026-07-18T11:52:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T06:22:44","slug":"belgium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/belgium\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Belgium Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the first meeting of the India-Belgium Strategic Dialogue was held in Brussels.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Belgium<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Western European nation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered by 4 countries: by the <\/span><b>Netherlands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north; by <\/span><b>Germany<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the east; by <\/span><b>Luxembourg <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the southeast and by <\/span><b>France<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Water bodies:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It is bounded by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-north-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>North Sea<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the northwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Brussels<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Belgium<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Terrain:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has <\/span><b>three main geographical regions: the<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> coastal plain to the northwest, the central plateau, and the Ardennes uplands to the southeast.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Point:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The highest <\/span><b>point is the Botrange,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at 2,276 ft. (694m).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Scheldt, Meuse, and Yser are the three major rivers of the country.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The country also has several lakes like Lake Genval, Lake Gileppe, Lake Eupen, Lake Robertville, etc.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It mainly consists of Limestone, cobalt, copper, iron and steel, lead, nitrogen (ammonia), tin, and zinc.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/newsonair.gov.in\/india-and-belgium-launch-strategic-dialogue-to-deepen-bilateral-ties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">News On Air<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belgium is a Western European nation. 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