Utrecht (province) the largest in the Netherlands in both area and population. In the east of Utrecht lies the Utrecht Hill Ridge (Dutch: Utrechtse Heuvelrug), a chain of hills left as lateral moraine by tongues of glacial ice after the Saline glaciation that preceded the last ice age. Because of the scarcity of nutrients in the fast-draining sandy soil, the greatest part of a landscape that was formerly heath has been planted with pine plantations. The south of the province is a river landscape. The west consists mostly of meadows. In the north are big lakes formed by the digging of peat
Linares Province Linares Province Linares () is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). The provincial capital and most populous center is the city of Linares. As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level administrative division of Chile, governed by a provincial governor who is appointed by the president. The provincial governor is Claudia Jorquera Coria. The province comprises eight communes, each governed by a municipality consisting of an alcalde and municipal council. The province is located at the very center of mainland Chile, and its capital lies 303 km south of Santiago and 50 km south of