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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.9007,Lat: 51.9396
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	17:24:00pm
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Molenwaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Willige Langerak	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
2 Tienhoven	2.5 km	NorthEast
3 Zevender	2.8 km	NorthWest
4 Cabauw	2.9 km	North
5 Graafland	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	48 km	North
2 Brussel	Belgium	127 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	273 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 45 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Reeuwijksche Plassen (2.3 km² at a distance of 12.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 49.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 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 river area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 42 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 32 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

67.8 km2

86.5%

Urban area

7.3 km2

9.3%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Waal in country Netherlands

Waal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	18 km	WestSouthWest
2 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	23 km	NorthEast
3 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	33 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Uiterwaarden Lek	NL	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Langerak

Type of weather in Langerak	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam