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General information - Location

Country	Germany
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.1897,Lat: 51.4935
Elevation	256 meter above sea level
Local time	4:26:59am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Nordrhein-Westfalen
Wiki-website Subregion (Regierungsbezirk)	Arnsberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Soest
Name	Möhnesee
Other place with same name 1	Wamel Gelderland - West Maas en Waal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Möhnesee:Völlinghausen	1.7 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Möhnesee:Echtrop	1.8 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Möhnesee:Stockum	2.2 km	West
4 Warstein:Gut Eickhoff	2.5 km	EastSouthEast
5 Möhnesee:Ellingsen	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	247 km	WestNorthWest
2 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	256 km	SouthWest
3 Brussel	Belgium	278 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 212 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Lower - Ruhr, Lippe, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Möhnesee (8.9 km² at a height of around 213 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 107.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 151 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 1%, hill: 99%, The hills are mainly northern 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
NR-542

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Cologne Bonn Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Paderborn Lippstadt Airport (at a distance of 32 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

24.8 km2

31.5%

Agriculture

45.4 km2

57.7%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.9%

Water - Lakes

3.1 km2

3.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Wamel in country Germany

Wamel at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	79 km	West
2 Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe	Germany	86 km	EastSouthEast
3 Carolingian Westwork and Civitas Corvey	Germany	90 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vogelschutzgebiet Hellwegbörde	DE	0.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Echtrop

Type of weather in Echtrop	light rain
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	08:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:19 Europe/Amsterdam