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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.8434,Lat: 53.2755
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	11:32:20am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Slochteren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tjuchem	2.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Siddeburen	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Overschild	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Hellum	4 km	South
5 Meedhuizen	4.8 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	165 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	320 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	411 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 19 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 0.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 23.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 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 marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 177 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 25 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.6 km2

2.1%

Nature

0.8 km2

1.1%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

Agriculture

65.5 km2

83.4%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.8%

Water - Lakes

4 km2

5.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Steendam in country Netherlands

Steendam at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	40 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	92 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	101 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	8.8 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Appingedam

Type of weather in Appingedam	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam