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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7945,Lat: 51.2319
Elevation	406 meter above sea level
Local time	8:05:09am
Name province/region	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Name Subregion	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Märkischer Kreis
Name	Plettenberg

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Werdohl:Pungelscheid	1.7 km	NorthWest
2 Herscheid:Rärin	3.2 km	SouthWest
3 Werdohl	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Plettenberg:Bremcke	4.1 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Herscheid:Hüinghausen	4.5 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	216 km	SouthWest
2 Amsterdam	Netherlands	237 km	NorthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	245 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 243 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 Versetalsperre (1.9 km² at a height of around 389 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 104.1 km in NorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 146 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 4%, hill: 91%, low mountains: 6%, 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 forest.

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

Name
NR-336-E1

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 61 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Dortmund Airport (at a distance of 34 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

51.3 km2

65.3%

Agriculture

17.5 km2

22.3%

Urban area

9.8 km2

12.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Selscheid in country Germany

Selscheid 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	60 km	WestNorthWest
2 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	67 km	WestSouthWest
3 Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Brühl	Germany	77 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Schluchtwälder im Lennetal	DE	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Werdohl

Type of weather in Werdohl	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.97 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:58 Europe/Amsterdam