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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7984,Lat: 53.3164
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	13:24:43pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Loppersum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wirdumerdraai	0.8 km	West
2 Wirdum	1.2 km	NorthWest
3 Garrelsweer	1.9 km	West
4 Tjamsweer	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Oosterwijtwerd	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	166 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	322 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	415 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 14 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 4.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 26.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, 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 177 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 26 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

1.1%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

2 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

68.1 km2

86.7%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Water - Lakes

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Eekwerderdraai in country Netherlands

Eekwerderdraai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	41 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	92 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	102 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	7.7 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Appingedam

Type of weather in Appingedam	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:05 Europe/Amsterdam