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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.6458,Lat: 52.8959
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	0:56:46am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	De Friese Meren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wijckel	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tjerkgaast	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Sondel	4.1 km	SouthWest
4 Balk	4.3 km	West
5 Ypecolsga	4.9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	77 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	245 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	367 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 29 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Slotermeer (11.2 km² at a distance of 1 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 77.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 109 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 89 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

58.5 km2

74.5%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Water - Lakes

16.9 km2

21.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sloten in country Netherlands

Sloten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	6 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	30 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	53 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	3.9 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Sloten
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Balk

Type of weather in Balk	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.83 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:13 Europe/Amsterdam