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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.334,Lat: 53.3602
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	3:14:59am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	De Marne

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Niekerk	1.9 km	South
2 Houwerzijl	2.6 km	South
3 Leens	2.8 km	East
4 Zoutkamp	3 km	SouthWest
5 Hornhuizen	3.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	147 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	311 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	418 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 4 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 3.4 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 57.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 80 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 158 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 31 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.1 km2

1.4%

Wet nature

5.8 km2

7.4%

Agriculture

68.1 km2

86.7%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ulrum in country Netherlands

Ulrum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	36 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	72 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	89 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lauwersmeer	NL	3.6 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ulrum

Type of weather in Ulrum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.07 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam