... Netherlands an inland glacier projected down from Scandinavia and the gravel was partly overlaid with a clay and sand accumulation The land here and in the south—called the geest—is older and. .. LIST OF MAPS Provinces of the Netherlands Topographical Map of the Netherlands viii xiv xvi The Netherlands during the Roman and Early Medieval Periods Areas Reclaimed from the Sea, River Estuaries,... islands, contains soils of fertile river and sea clay Farther inland, the great rivers the Rhine, the Waal, and the Meuse and their tributaries cross and crisscross the center of the country They