Belgium

Europe

Location: Western Europe, bordering the North Sea, between France and the Netherlands
Geographic coordinates: 50° 50' N, 4° 0' E
Coastline km: 66.5 km km
Climate: temperate; mild winters, cool summers; rainy, humid, cloudy
Terrain: flat coastal plains in northwest, central rolling hills, rugged mountains of Ardennes Forest in southeast
Elevation: lowest point: North Sea 0 m highest point: Signal de Botrange 694 m
Natural hazards: flooding is a threat along rivers and in areas of reclaimed coastal land, protected from the sea by concrete dikes
Currency: Euro (Eur)
Population: 10,364,388 (July 2005 est.)
Languages: Dutch (official) 60%, French (official) 40%, German (official) less than 1%, legally trilingual (Dutch, French, German)
Capital: Brussels
Divisions: 10 provinces (French: provinces, singular - province; Dutch: provincies, singular - provincie) and 3 regions* (French: regions; Dutch: gewesten); Antwerpen, Brabant Wallon, Brussels* (Bruxelles), Flanders*, Hainaut, Liege, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur, Oost-Vlaanderen, Vlaams-Brabant, Wallonia*, West-Vlaanderen note: as a result of the 1993 constitutional revision that furthered devolution into a federal state, there are now three levels of government (federal, regional, and linguistic community) with a complex division of responsibilities

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Dive sites (32)		Avg depth	Max depth	Experience
Barges	8 / -	65.6 ft	180.4 ft	All divers
Barrage de l'Eau d'Heure	6 / -	65.6 ft	141.1 ft	All divers
Blaarmeersen	2 / -	26.2 ft	47.6 ft	All divers
Carière de Maffle	- / -	59.1 ft	101.7 ft	All divers
Carrière de Dongelberg	- / -	114.8 ft	131.2 ft	CMAS *** / Rescue
Carrière de La Croisette	1 / -	65.6 ft	105 ft	All divers
Carriere de Lille Sprimont	5 / 1	88.6 ft	88.6 ft	All divers
Carrière de Rochefontaine	- / -	98.4 ft	173.9 ft	CMAS ** / AOW
Carrière de Scoufflény	1 / -	65.6 ft	164 ft	All divers
Carrière de Villers-Deux-Eglises	1 / -	65.6 ft	98.4 ft	All divers
Carrière de Vodelée	8 / -	65.6 ft	131.2 ft	All divers
Carrière Dour	- / -	ft	59.1 ft	All divers
Carrière du Cornet	- / -	65.6 ft	98.4 ft	CMAS ** / AOW
De 3 Vijvers	- / -	29.5 ft	49.2 ft	All divers
De Gavers Harelbeke	7 / -	ft	49.2 ft	All divers
De Nekker	3 / -	16.4 ft	49.2 ft	All divers
De Ster	- / -	16.4 ft	42.7 ft	All divers
Duiktank Transfo	- / -	49.2 ft	49.2 ft	All divers
Ekerenput	3 / -	16.4 ft	62.3 ft	All divers
Floreffe	- / -	49.2 ft	65.6 ft	CMAS * / OW
La Gombe	5 / -	65.6 ft	101.7 ft	All divers
Lac de la Gileppe	- / -	26.2 ft	49.2 ft	CMAS *** / Rescue
Nemo 33	7 / -	ft	114.8 ft	All divers
Opprebais	5 / -	65.6 ft	98.4 ft	All divers
Papelenvijver	- / -	23 ft	32.8 ft	All divers
Plate Taille	6 / -	49.2 ft	131.2 ft	All divers
Put Integra	- / -	32.8 ft	39.4 ft	All divers
Robertville	3 / -	49.2 ft	131.2 ft	CMAS *** / Rescue
SS John Mahn Wreck	- / -	105 ft	114.8 ft	CMAS *** / Rescue
Todi	4 / -	23 ft	32.8 ft	All divers
Vijverhof	- / -	32.8 ft	32.8 ft	All divers
Zilvermeer Mol	4 / 1	32.8 ft	49.2 ft	All divers