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De Wacht

General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6268,Lat: 51.7528
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	22:40:43pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Binnenmaas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tweede Tol	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Schenkeldijk	2.1 km	WestSouthWest
3 Mookhoek	2.1 km	West
4 's-Gravendeel	3.4 km	North
5 Wieldrecht	3.6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	72 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	103 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	261 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 32 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Binnenbedijkte Maas (1.8 km² at a distance of 6 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 29.3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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 Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 26 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.7 km2

4.7%

Wet nature

4.1 km2

5.2%

Agriculture

43.4 km2

55.4%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.8%

Infrastructure

3.6 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

13.9 km2

17.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of De Wacht in country Netherlands

De Wacht at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	15 km	North
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	24 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	49 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Biesbosch	NL	2.1 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Dordrecht

Type of weather in Gemeente Dordrecht	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 15 May 2026:	15 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam