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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.1777,Lat: 52.6956
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	19:45:26pm
Name province/region	Noord-Holland
Name Subregion	Drechterland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Westerwijzend	1 km	SouthWest
2 Lutjebroek	1.9 km	East
3 Horn	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
4 Binnenwijzend	2.7 km	WestSouthWest
5 Grootebroek	2.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	41 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	214 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	350 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 4.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 103 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 144 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 marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 51 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 35 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

2.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

62.2 km2

79.1%

Urban area

13 km2

16.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Hoogkarspel in country Netherlands

Hoogkarspel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	24 km	SouthWest
2 Dutch Water Defence Lines	Netherlands	30 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	38 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	4.6 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Gemeente Drechterland

Type of weather in Gemeente Drechterland	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.13 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:17 Europe/Amsterdam