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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4425,Lat: 53.0552
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	5:31:54am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Noordenveld

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zuidvelde	1.9 km	SouthEast
2 Norg	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Peest	3.8 km	East
4 Een	4 km	NorthWest
5 Langelo	4.4 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	129 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	285 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	384 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 39 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 13.5 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 49 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 74%, low location: 26%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. 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 141 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 12 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14.5 km2

18.5%

Nature

0.8 km2

Wet nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

58.8 km2

74.9%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Westervelde in country Netherlands

Westervelde at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	3.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	56 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	65 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Norgerholt	NL	0.4 km	EastNorthEast

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:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.51 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam