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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5334,Lat: 52.0946
Elevation	-5 meter above sea level
Local time	6:12:06am
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Zoeterwoude

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Benthuizen	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Weipoort	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Zuidbuurt	2.7 km	NorthWest
4 Groenendijk	3.6 km	North
5 Hogeveen	3.7 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	40 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	139 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	298 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Zoetermeerse Plas (0.7 km² at a distance of 1.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 67.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 95 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 29 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 17 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

59.8 km2

76.2%

Urban area

15.8 km2

20.1%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gelderswoude in country Netherlands

Gelderswoude at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	12 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	21 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	25 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wilck	NL	1.9 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Benthuizen

Type of weather in Benthuizen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	06:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam