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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7676,Lat: 53.2034
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	10:59:40am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Midden-Groningen
Official website subregion	Official link Midden-Groningen
Wiki-website former subregion	Slochteren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Froombosch	1.3 km	SouthEast
2 Woudbloem	2.5 km	NorthWest
3 Kolham	2.7 km	SouthWest
4 Slochteren	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Sappemeer-Noord	3.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	157 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	310 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	402 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 7.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 28.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, 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 168 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 16 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.7 km2

2.1%

Nature

4.7 km2

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

63.2 km2

80.5%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.1%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ruiten in country Netherlands

Ruiten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	31 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	83 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	92 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	5.7 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Slochteren

Type of weather in Slochteren	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 25 June 2025:	16 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	05:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	22:04 Europe/Amsterdam