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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.61,Lat: 51.5973
Elevation	23 meter above sea level
Local time	1:13:23am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Düsseldorf
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wesel
Name	Voerde (Niederrhein)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Voerde (Niederrhein):Spellen	1.5 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Voerde (Niederrhein):Mehrum	2.4 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Rheinberg:Wallach	2.6 km	West
4 Voerde (Niederrhein):Löhnen	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Rheinberg:Ossenberg	3.6 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	146 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	178 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	224 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 166 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.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 Auesee (1.8 km² at a height of around 15 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 29.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern 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
NR-575

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 36 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 32 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

59.2 km2

75.3%

Urban area

10.3 km2

13.1%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

7 km2

8.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ork in country Germany

Ork 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	32 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	77 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	88 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet 'Unterer Niederrhein'	DE	0.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Mehrum

Type of weather in Mehrum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.41 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	06:08 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:53 Europe/Amsterdam