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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8144,Lat: 53.3395
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	21:40:28pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Loppersum

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leermens	1.3 km	NorthWest
2 Tjamsweer	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 Jukwerd	2.2 km	East
4 Eenum	2.3 km	West
5 Wirdum	2.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	168 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	325 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	418 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 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 Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 5.9 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 25.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 36 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 180 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

71.8 km2

91.4%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.7%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oosterwijtwerd in country Netherlands

Oosterwijtwerd at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	44 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	94 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	105 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	5.8 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Appingedam

Type of weather in Appingedam	clear sky
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	05:44 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam