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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.5147,Lat: 52.8166
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	19:58:09pm
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Midden-Drenthe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Spier	3.1 km	West
2 Drijber	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Lieving	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Bruntinge	4.6 km	East
5 Beilen	4.7 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	120 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	265 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	358 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 66 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 Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 11.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 24.5 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 34 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 94%, 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 131 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 34 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.4 km2

9.4%

Nature

5 km2

6.3%

Agriculture

60.1 km2

76.5%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wijster in country Netherlands

Wijster at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	26 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	54 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	56 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dwingelderveld	NL	3.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Provincie Drenthe

Type of weather in Provincie Drenthe	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	15 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:07 Europe/Amsterdam