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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3289,Lat: 53.1141
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	3:27:36am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Leek

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zevenhuizen	0.6 km	North
2 Boerenstreek	1.2 km	East
3 De Haspel	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Heineburen	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 Jonkersvaart	2.9 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	127 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	287 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	390 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 9.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 57 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 80 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 97%, low location: 3%, 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 139 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 17 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.3 km2

4.2%

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

71.8 km2

91.4%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Veldstreek in country Netherlands

Veldstreek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	53 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	65 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bakkeveense Duinen	NL	2.6 km	SouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Leek

Type of weather in Gemeente Leek	broken clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	05:54 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam