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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.8227,Lat: 53.0734
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	15:14:53pm
At island	Texel
Name province/region (Provincie)	Noord-Holland
Official website region	Official link Noord-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Texel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oosterend	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
2 Den Burg	2.6 km	SouthWest
3 Zevenhuizen	3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Oudeschild	4.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Zuid-Eierland	4.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	78 km	South
2 Brussel	Belgium	250 km	SouthSouthWest
3 London	England	389 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Amstelmeer (6.2 km² at a distance of 20.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 136.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 191 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 85 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

Nature

5.1 km2

6.6%

Wet nature

4.5 km2

5.9%

Agriculture

60.1 km2

78.5%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.9%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of De Waal in country Netherlands

De Waal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	58 km	South
2 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	59 km	South
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	63 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Duinen en Lage Land Texel	NL	1.1 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB De Waal
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Texel

Type of weather in Gemeente Texel	few clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 17 February 2025:	10 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:55 Europe/Amsterdam