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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3493,Lat: 52.7443
Elevation	6 meter above sea level
Local time	3:17:31am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	De Wolden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oldenhave	1.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Ruinerweide	1.7 km	SouthWest
3 Ruinen	2.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Weerwille	4.1 km	SouthWest
5 Gijsselte	4.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	107 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	252 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	349 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 73 km (direction North).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 16.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 27.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 39 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 82%, low location: 18%, 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 118 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 45 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.2 km2

14.2%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

63.4 km2

80.8%

Urban area

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hees in country Netherlands

Hees at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	33 km	North
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	41 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	47 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dwingelderveld	NL	4.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ruinen

Type of weather in Ruinen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:06 Europe/Amsterdam