Netherlands ƙasa ce madaidaiciya, tare da kusan 25% na ƙasarta a ƙasan matakin teku. ,Ananan, duwatsu masu birgima suna rufe wani ɓangare na yankin tsakiyar, kuma a cikin ƙarshen kudu, ƙasar tana hawa cikin tsaunukan tsaunukan Ardennes.
Tsawon ƙarni da yawa mummunan ambaliyar ta lalata Netherlands, ta kashe dubun dubatar mutane. Don ƙaddara don ceton ƙasarsu da kuma murmurewa daga teku, Yaren mutanen Holland sun yi amfani da injinan sarrafa iska da yawa don ɗebo ruwa daga ƙananan wuraren. A cikin 1930s aikin gina madatsun ruwa da ke fuskantar ƙoƙarin teku ya ci gaba lokacin da aka gina Afsluitdijk (dike).
A wannan ma'anar, akwai tabkuna da yawa waɗanda suka wadata kuma an kafa su a cikin Holland, kamar su Tsakar Gida, wanda yake tabki ne na wucin gadi kai tsaye gabashin birnin Dutch na Haarlem. An tono shi a cikin 1994, galibi don dalilai na nishaɗi kuma ɓangare ne na yankin shakatawa na Spaarnwoude.
Tekun yana da mita 450 ta mita 400. Yankin kudu maso kudu ya kasance daga dausayin mutum wanda aka yi amfani dashi don tsabtace ruwa. Ana iya samun adadi mai yawa na ruwa a nan da kuma gabar tekun gabas mai fadama a lokacin hunturu (misali, Montese's geese, wigeons, common goldeneyes).
Tafkin yana da 'yar tazara kaɗan daga tashar jirgin ƙasa Haarlem Spaarnwoude kuma kusa da A200 da babbar hanyar A9. Wannan yanayin da ya dace ya ba da gudummawa don sanya shi sanannen yanki don shirya manyan taron manyan abubuwa.
Tekun kuma yayi fice eemeer wanda ke tsakiyar Netherlands tsakanin lardunan Utrecht da Flevoland, Noord-Holland. Tana da murabba'in kilomita 13,4 (murabba'in kilomita 5,2) kuma ta ƙunshi ƙaramin tsibiri, da Hond Dode (Mataccen Kare). Eemmeer ya haɗu zuwa gaɓar ruwan Gooimeer da ke yamma, a daidai inda aka haƙa tabkuna biyu ta hanyar babbar hanyar A27, da Nijkerkernauw a gabas.
Wani daga cikin tabkuna shine Grevelingenwanda tsohuwar Rhine-Meuse ce dake kan iyakar lardunan Holland na South Holland da Zeeland wanda aka maida shi wani tabki saboda ayyukan Delta. Tana tsakanin tsibiran Old Goeree-Overflakkee (South Holland) da Schouwen-Duiveland (Zeeland), waɗanda Brouwersdam da ke yamma da Grevelingendam suka haɗa su a gabas.
