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Gelkenes

General information - Location

CountryNetherlands (Holland)
Location in countryCenter
Location in EuropeWest Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 4.8485,Lat: 51.9393 marker
Elevation1 meter above sea level
Local time18:48:41pm
Name province/region (Provincie)Zuid-Holland
Official website regionOfficial link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)Molenwaard

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Schoonhoven1 km NorthNorthEast
2 Langerak1.5 km SouthSouthEast
3 Graafland1.6 km SouthSouthEast
4 Zevender2.3 km NorthEast
5 Bovenberg2.3 km NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 AmsterdamNetherlands49 km North
2 Brussel   Belgium126 km SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg   Luxembourg274 km SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 42 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 Reeuwijksche Plassen (2.3 km2 at a distance of 10.7 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 48.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 68 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 river area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 42 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 28 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Wet nature   0.3 km2 
 0.3% 
 Agriculture   67.1 km2 
 85.5% 
 Urban area   8.3 km2 
 10.5% 
 Water - Lakes   2.9 km2 
 3.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation


Location of Gelkenes in country Netherlands


Gelkenes at Physical map (height map)


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-ElshoutNetherlands15 km WestSouthWest
2 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)Netherlands26 km NorthEast
3 Van NellefabriekNetherlands30 km West

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
Uiterwaarden LekNL3.7 km East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


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Current weather at Schoonhoven

Type of weather in Schoonhovenmoderate rain weericoon
Current temperature: 8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 4.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction: South West
Air pressure: 1011 mb
Humidity: 91 %
Daylength at 2 December 2024:8 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :08:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :16:32 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Schoonhoven - NL (longitude: 4.8485, latitude: 51.9393)
Distance weather station to place (direction ZZW): 0 Kilometers

19:00
8 degrees
1011 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
22:00
7 degrees
1012 mbar
light rainweericoon
1:00
7 degrees
1016 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
4:00
7 degrees
1018 mbar
broken cloudsweericoon
7:00
6 degrees
1021 mbar
light rainweericoon
10:00
7 degrees
1022 mbar
light rainweericoon
13:00
6 degrees
1023 mbar
light rainweericoon
16:00
4 degrees
1024 mbar
light rainweericoon










5 days Weather forecast: Temperature - Pressure and Precipitation

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