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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2346,Lat: 52.7186
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	3:14:25am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	De Wolden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dijkhuizen	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Blijdenstein	1.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ruinerwold	1.2 km	EastNorthEast
4 Oosteinde	2.6 km	NorthEast
5 Meppel	3.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	99 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	245 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	346 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 71 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Bovenwijde (1.4 km² at a distance of 8.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 33.7 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 110 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 50 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.1 km2

0.1%

Agriculture

66.8 km2

85%

Urban area

9.6 km2

12.3%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Haakswold in country Netherlands

Haakswold at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	33 km	WestSouthWest
2 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	38 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	40 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Holtingerveld	NL	5.8 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meppel

Type of weather in Meppel	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam