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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8963,Lat: 53.3351
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:30:36pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Delfzijl

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Uitwierde	0.9 km	North
2 Marsum	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
3 Delfzijl	1.8 km	East
4 Farmsum	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
5 Opwierde	2.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	172 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	327 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	418 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Oosterhornhaven (0.6 km² at a distance of 3.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 19.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place is moderately urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 184 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 32 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.4 km2

0.5%

Nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

20.5 km2

26.1%

Agriculture

39.6 km2

50.3%

Urban area

13.2 km2

16.8%

Infrastructure

1.8 km2

2.3%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biessum in country Netherlands

Biessum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	47 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	98 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	108 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	1.4 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ladysmith

Type of weather in Ladysmith	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	06:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam