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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6049,Lat: 52.854
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	23:03:55pm
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Midden-Drenthe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zwiggelte	2.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Orvelte	3.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Garminge	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Elp	4.2 km	NorthEast
5 Bruntinge	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	128 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	272 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	363 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 64 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 Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 10.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 25 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 99%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely 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 139 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 30 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.4%

Nature

1.9 km2

2.5%

Agriculture

71.3 km2

90.8%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westerbork in country Netherlands

Westerbork at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	25 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	61 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	62 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elperstroomgebied	NL	3.7 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Westerbork

Type of weather in Westerbork	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.36 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam