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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4744,Lat: 51.6365
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	15:15:04pm
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wesel
Name	Xanten

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Xanten:Unterbirten	1.6 km	SouthEast
2 Alpen:Veen	2.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Xanten	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Xanten:Lüttingen	4.2 km	North
5 Wesel:Werrich	4.4 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	136 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	172 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	227 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 156 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Netherlands.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Altrhein Xanten (1.9 km² at a height of around 14 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 21.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 31 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 96%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Niederrheinischer Höhenzug
NR-574

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.3%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

62.2 km2

79.2%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.3%

Water - Lakes

5.9 km2

7.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Birten in country Germany

Birten 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	43 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	84 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	95 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
NSG Bislicher Insel, nur Teilfläche	DE	0.3 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veen

Type of weather in Veen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.91 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	05:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam