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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1035,Lat: 51.5129
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	4:27:24am
Name province/region	Limburg
Name Subregion	Horst aan de Maas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gun	1.2 km	SouthEast
2 Meerlo	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Tienray	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Blitterswijck	2 km	North
5 Legert	2.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	127 km	NorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	143 km	WestSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	212 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 130 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Belgium.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Meuse. The nearest bigger lake is 't Leuken (1 km² at a distance of 5.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 5.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.2 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 98%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Eindhoven Airport (at a distance of 51 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Weeze Airport (at a distance of 10 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.3 km2

19.5%

Nature

2.1 km2

2.6%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

51.8 km2

65.9%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Megelsum in country Netherlands

Megelsum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	65 km	East
2 Aachen Cathedral	Germany	82 km	South
3 Cologne Cathedral	Germany	87 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Maasduinen	NL	2.9 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wellerlooi

Type of weather in Wellerlooi	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:01 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:03 Europe/Amsterdam