Drenthe
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Provincial capital: Assen
Area: 268,057 hectares/662,101 acres
(land area 265,568 hectares/655,953
acres)
The province of Drenthe is a region of mainly flat land lying between 10 and20m (35 and 70ft) above sea level in the extreme northeast of the Netherlands' great expanses of sandy heathland. The most conspicuous heights in Drenthe are the moraines, rising to 32m/105ft, of the Hondsrug, a range of hills formed during the second-last ice age (the Saale/Riss glacial) which extends for 50km/30mi from Emmen in the southeast to Groningen in the northwest. From here the land slopes almost imperceptibly down towards the west. It consists of marls laid down during the Saale/Riss glacial with deep overlying layers of
Area: 268,057 hectares/662,101 acres
(land area 265,568 hectares/655,953
acres)
The province of Drenthe is a region of mainly flat land lying between 10 and20m (35 and 70ft) above sea level in the extreme northeast of the Netherlands' great expanses of sandy heathland. The most conspicuous heights in Drenthe are the moraines, rising to 32m/105ft, of the Hondsrug, a range of hills formed during the second-last ice age (the Saale/Riss glacial) which extends for 50km/30mi from Emmen in the southeast to Groningen in the northwest. From here the land slopes almost imperceptibly down towards the west. It consists of marls laid down during the Saale/Riss glacial with deep overlying layers of
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