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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4985,Lat: 52.8971
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	20:20:20pm
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Midden-Drenthe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Brunsting	2.8 km	South
2 Oranje	3.7 km	WestNorthWest
3 Hooghalen	3.9 km	NorthEast
4 Beilen	4.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Laaghalerveen	4.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	123 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	272 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	367 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 57 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 Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 2.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 32.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 88%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 135 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 25 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.6 km2

8.4%

Nature

6.3 km2

8.1%

Wet nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

60.1 km2

76.5%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.2%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hijken in country Netherlands

Hijken at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	18 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	55 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	57 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drents-Friese Wold & Leggelderveld	NL	5.4 km	WestSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Midden-Drenthe

Type of weather in Gemeente Midden-Drenthe	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	15 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	05:49 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam