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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1167,Lat: 52.7879
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	4:46:32am
Name province/region	Overijssel
Name Subregion	Steenwijkerland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zuidveen	1.2 km	SouthWest
2 Tuk	1.7 km	NorthWest
3 De Bult	2.4 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Onna	2.7 km	SouthEast
5 Thij	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	95 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	248 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	354 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 60 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 Bovenwijde (1.4 km² at a distance of 6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 43.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 61 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 80%, low location: 20%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. 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 106 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 48 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.7 km2

7.2%

Nature

1.6 km2

Wet nature

4.6 km2

5.9%

Agriculture

57.2 km2

72.9%

Urban area

8.3 km2

10.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Steenwijk in country Netherlands

Steenwijk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	29 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	30 km	WestNorthWest
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	34 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wieden	NL	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Steenwijk

Type of weather in Steenwijk	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam