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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.1534,Lat: 52.1508
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	9:17:01am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Utrecht
Official website region	Official link Utrecht
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	De Bilt
Official website subregion	Official link De Bilt

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nieuwe-Wetering	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Maartensdijk	1.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Westbroek	1.9 km	West
4 Groenekan	2.9 km	South
5 Hollandsche Rading	3.5 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	31 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	155 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	291 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 49 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Maarsseveensche Plassen (1 km² at a distance of 3.2 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 65.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 92 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 78%, low location: 22%, The hills are mainly western 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
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 32 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 43 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.1 km2

19.2%

Wet nature

7.5 km2

9.6%

Agriculture

40.2 km2

51.2%

Urban area

13.3 km2

16.9%

Infrastructure

0.8 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Achterwetering in country Netherlands

Achterwetering at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	7.3 km	South
2 Seventeenth-Century Canal Ring Area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht	Netherlands	30 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	46 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Oostelijke Vechtplassen	NL	2.1 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente De Bilt

Type of weather in Gemeente De Bilt	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 23 November 2024:	8 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:38 Europe/Amsterdam