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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8084,Lat: 53.2188
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	11:48:30am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Slochteren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Schildwolde	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Hellum	3.1 km	NorthEast
3 Froombosch	3.1 km	SouthWest
4 Ruiten	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
5 Stootshorn	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	160 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	313 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	405 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Schildmeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 5.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 26.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 37 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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 171 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 19 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.5 km2

1.9%

Nature

2.9 km2

3.6%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.2%

Agriculture

71.5 km2

91%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Slochteren in country Netherlands

Slochteren at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	34 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	86 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	95 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	8.7 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam