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Geography of Luxembourg

Index Geography of Luxembourg

Luxembourg is a small country located in the Low Countries, part of North-West Europe It borders Belgium for to the west and north, France to the south, and Germany to the east. [1]

47 relations: Alnus glutinosa, Alzette, Apple, Ardennes, Belgium, Bog, Capital city, Cherry, Differdange, Dudelange, Eisch, Erosion, Esch-sur-Alzette, Esch-sur-Sûre, Eurasian otter, Fagus sylvatica, France, Geographic coordinate system, Germany, Grape, Gutland (Luxembourg), Iron ore, Kneiff, Koblenz, Little Switzerland (Luxembourg), Low Countries, Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Moselle, Moselle Valley, North Sea, Northwestern Europe, Oesling, Our (river), Pétrusse, Plum, Quercus robur, Red Lands, Rhine, Sauer, Strawberry, Troisvierges, Upper Sûre Lake, Upper Sûre National Park, Wasserbillig, Willow, Wiltz (river).

Alnus glutinosa

Alnus glutinosa, the common alder, black alder, European alder or just alder, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to most of Europe, southwest Asia and northern Africa.

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Alzette

The Alzette is a river with a length of in France and Luxembourg.

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Apple

An apple is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus pumila).

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Ardennes

The Ardennes (L'Ardenne; Ardennen; L'Årdene; Ardennen; also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes) is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges formed by the geological features of the Ardennes mountain range and the Moselle and Meuse River basins.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Luxembourg.

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Bog

A bog is a wetland that accumulates peat, a deposit of dead plant material—often mosses, and in a majority of cases, sphagnum moss.

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Capital city

A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government.

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Cherry

A cherry is the fruit of many plants of the genus Prunus, and is a fleshy drupe (stone fruit).

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Differdange

Differdange (Déifferdeng, Differdingen) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg, west from the country's capital.

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Dudelange

Dudelange (Diddeleng, Düdelingen) is a commune with town status in southern Luxembourg.

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Eisch

The Eisch is a river flowing through Belgium and Luxembourg, joining the Alzette on its left in Mersch.

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Erosion

In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).

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Esch-sur-Alzette

Esch-sur-Alzette (Esch-Uelzecht, Esch-an-der-Alzette or Esch-an-der-Alzig, Esch-sur-Alzette) is a commune with town status in south-western Luxembourg.

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Esch-sur-Sûre

Esch-sur-Sûre (Esch-Sauer,, Esch-Sauer) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg.

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Eurasian otter

The Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra), also known as the European otter, Eurasian river otter, common otter, and Old World otter, is a semiaquatic mammal native to Eurasia.

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Fagus sylvatica

Fagus sylvatica, the European beech or common beech, is a deciduous tree belonging to the beech family Fagaceae.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Geographic coordinate system

A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Grape

A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis.

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Gutland (Luxembourg)

Gutland (Bon Pays) is a region covering the southern and central parts of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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Kneiff

Kneiff is a hill in the Ardennes, in the commune of Troisvierges, in northern Luxembourg, near the tripoint shared with Belgium and Germany.

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Koblenz

Koblenz (Coblence), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine where it is joined by the Moselle.

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Little Switzerland (Luxembourg)

Little Switzerland is a nickname for a region in the east of Luxembourg, bestowed upon the region on account of its reputed geographical similarities to Switzerland.

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Low Countries

The Low Countries or, in the geographic sense of the term, the Netherlands (de Lage Landen or de Nederlanden, les Pays Bas) is a coastal region in northwestern Europe, consisting especially of the Netherlands and Belgium, and the low-lying delta of the Rhine, Meuse, Scheldt, and Ems rivers where much of the land is at or below sea level.

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Luxembourg

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg; Luxembourg, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in western Europe.

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Luxembourg City

Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg, Luxembourg, Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City (Stad Lëtzebuerg or d'Stad, Ville de Luxembourg, Stadt Luxemburg, Luxemburg-Stadt), is the capital city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (also named "Luxembourg"), and the country's most populous commune.

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Moselle

The Moselle (la Moselle,; Mosel; Musel) is a river flowing through France, Luxembourg, and Germany.

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Moselle Valley

The Moselle Valley (Moseltal) is a region in north-eastern France, south-western Germany, and eastern Luxembourg, centred on the river valley formed by the Moselle.

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North Sea

The North Sea (Mare Germanicum) is a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean located between Great Britain, Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.

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Northwestern Europe

Northwestern Europe, or Northwest Europe, is a loosely defined region of Europe, overlapping northern and western Europe.

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Oesling

The Oesling or Ösling is a region covering the northern part of both the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm, within the greater Ardennes area that also covers parts of Belgium and France.

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Our (river)

The Our (pronunciation; archaic) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

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Pétrusse

The Pétrusse (Péitruss, Petruss) is a river flowing through Luxembourg, joining the Alzette at Luxembourg City.

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Plum

A plum is a fruit of the subgenus Prunus of the genus Prunus. The subgenus is distinguished from other subgenera (peaches, cherries, bird cherries, etc.) in the shoots having terminal bud and solitary side buds (not clustered), the flowers in groups of one to five together on short stems, and the fruit having a groove running down one side and a smooth stone (or pit).

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Quercus robur

Quercus robur, commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae.

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Red Lands

The Red Lands form a geographic region in southern and south-western Luxembourg.

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Rhine

--> The Rhine (Rhenus, Rein, Rhein, le Rhin,, Italiano: Reno, Rijn) is a European river that begins in the Swiss canton of Graubünden in the southeastern Swiss Alps, forms part of the Swiss-Liechtenstein, Swiss-Austrian, Swiss-German and then the Franco-German border, then flows through the German Rhineland and the Netherlands and eventually empties into the North Sea.

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Sauer

The Sauer (German, Luxembourgish) or Sûre (French) is a river in Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany.

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Strawberry

The garden strawberry (or simply strawberry; Fragaria × ananassa) is a widely grown hybrid species of the genus Fragaria, collectively known as the strawberries.

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Troisvierges

Troisvierges (Ëlwen, Ulflingen) is a commune and town in northern Luxembourg, in the canton of Clervaux.

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Upper Sûre Lake

The Upper Sûre Lake (Stauséi Uewersauer, Lac de la Haute-Sûre, Stausee an der Ober-Sauer) is a large reservoir in north-western Luxembourg.

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Upper Sûre National Park

Upper Sûre National Park is located in the far northwest of the Oesling area of Luxembourg, and is primarily an area of conservation and a specially protected area for wild birds.

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Wasserbillig

Wasserbillig (Waasserbëlleg) is a town in the commune of Mertert, in eastern Luxembourg.

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Willow

Willows, also called sallows, and osiers, form the genus Salix, around 400 speciesMabberley, D.J. 1997.

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Wiltz (river)

The Wiltz (Wolz) is a river flowing through Belgium and Luxembourg, joining the Sauer at Goebelsmuhle.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Luxembourg

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