Hinterland

A hinterland or back-country is a continental zone located behind coast or of a river. In Geography, it more precisely indicates the zone of influence and economic attraction of a port. The word appears in French in 1894. It is borrowed German and literally means “back-country”, composed of hinter “behind” and of Land “ground, country”.

General information

This term is especially employed in the field of the Maritime transport. The hinterland is the back continental country of a port that this last supplies or from which it draws the goods that it dispatches. The hinterland does not have rigid limits: its importance is function of its population and the economic situation; its extent depends in particular on the density and the quality of the transportation routes which converge towards the port.

The same hinterland can be served by several ports which are then in competition. The choice of the conveyer depends then on the harbor infrastructures as well as quality of the abundant service by the port.

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