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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2784,Lat: 53.0578
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	19:54:46pm
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Opsterland

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Haule	2.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Bakkeveen	3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Haulerwijk	3.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Wijnjewoude	5.1 km	West
5 Een-West	5.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	121 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	279 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	384 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 38 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 16.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 55.5 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 78 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 91%, low location: 9%, 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 132 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 21 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.4 km2

11.9%

Nature

2.8 km2

3.6%

Agriculture

64.2 km2

81.7%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Waskemeer in country Netherlands

Waskemeer at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	7.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	47 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	58 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bakkeveense Duinen	NL	2.4 km	North

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Een

Type of weather in Een	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	15 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:08 Europe/Amsterdam