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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.548,Lat: 53.0481
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	13:27:34pm
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Tynaarlo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ubbena	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Rhee	2 km	SouthEast
3 Zeijerveld	2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Ter Aard	2.4 km	South
5 Vries	3.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	135 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	288 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	384 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 11.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 42.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 59 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 72%, low location: 28%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 146 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 8.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.9 km2

3.7%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.7%

Agriculture

59.8 km2

76.1%

Urban area

10.4 km2

13.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Zeijen in country Netherlands

Zeijen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	11 km	West
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	63 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	69 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Drentsche Aa-gebied	NL	5.4 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vries

Type of weather in Vries	few clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	57 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	05:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:10 Europe/Amsterdam