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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.764,Lat: 51.8452
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	13:49:04pm
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Molenwaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sliedrecht	2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Baanhoek	2.6 km	SouthWest
3 Matena	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
4 Oosteind	3.1 km	WestSouthWest
5 Bleskensgraaf	3.2 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	60 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	115 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	267 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 44 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 Petrusplaat (0.9 km² at a distance of 9.1 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 37.9 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 53 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 98%, low location: 2%, 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
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 52 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.4 km2

4.4%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.7%

Agriculture

53.1 km2

67.6%

Urban area

12.2 km2

15.6%

Infrastructure

3.2 km2

Water - Lakes

4.1 km2

5.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wijngaarden in country Netherlands

Wijngaarden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	8.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	25 km	WestNorthWest
3 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	38 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Biesbosch	NL	3.4 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sliedrech

Type of weather in Sliedrech	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	70 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:11 Europe/Amsterdam