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Belgium is divided into regions such as Flanders Lowlands, the Central Low Plateau, the Kempenland Plateau, Sambre-Meuse Valley, Ardennes and Belgium Lorraine. Belgium has a reasonably gentle maritime climate due to prevailing winds from the west, which are warmed by the vast expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. Summers are comfortably warm without becoming overly hot. Winters are cold but not severe. Although the weather is usually mild, there are long periods of dull, gray days with abundant rain. Fog is common and rainfall is rarely very heavy but light rain can fall constantly for lengthy periods.