South Limburg

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South Limburg Description

Limburg is the most southerly of the Dutch provinces. In South Limburg (Zuid-Limburg), at Vaals, is the Drielandenpunt ("Three Countries Point") where the frontiers of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany meet. South Limburg is a plateau ranging in height between 50m/165ft and 300m/1,000ft which is built up from Cretaceous limestone, Tertiary sands and massive layers of gravel, overlaid by a fertile layer of loess laid down during the Ice Age. The various tributaries of the Maas dissect the region into a number of different parts. The chalky soil has produced a landscape of great beauty, popularly known as "Little Switzerland".

The economic structure of the South Limburg industrial region, around the towns of Maastricht,

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