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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8937,Lat: 51.3551
Elevation	310 meter above sea level
Local time	3:56:04am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Märkischer Kreis
Name	Balve

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Balve:Sansscouci	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Balve:Volkringhausen	1.4 km	WestNorthWest
3 Sundern (Sauerland):Hövel	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Balve:Mellen	3 km	South
5 Balve	3.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	231 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	236 km	WestNorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	254 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 229 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Sorpesee (2.8 km² at a height of around 282 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 99.7 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 140 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 98%, low mountains: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
NR-337-E2

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 76 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 27 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.5 km2

47.8%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

32 km2

40.8%

Urban area

4.5 km2

5.7%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Beckum in country Germany

Beckum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	61 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	80 km	WestSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	91 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Balver Wald	DE	1.3 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balve

Type of weather in Balve	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	06:00 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:50 Europe/Amsterdam