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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5404,Lat: 52.9214
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	3:29:37am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Midden-Drenthe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Laaghalerveen	3.4 km	NorthWest
2 Hijken	3.9 km	SouthWest
3 Eleveld	5 km	NorthEast
4 Amen	5.5 km	EastNorthEast
5 Ekehaar	5.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	127 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	276 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	370 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 55 km (direction NorthNorthWest).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 3.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 33.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 9%, low location: 91%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 138 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 22 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.7 km2

18.8%

Nature

8.7 km2

11.1%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

50.4 km2

64.2%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hooghalen in country Netherlands

Hooghalen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	17 km	NorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	59 km	West
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	61 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drentsche Aa-gebied	NL	2.6 km	NorthEast

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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	few clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	15 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	05:45 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam