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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4784,Lat: 53.1335
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	5:14:23am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Noordenveld

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Boerlaan	0.9 km	East
2 De Pol	0.9 km	East
3 Peize	2.1 km	NorthEast
4 Lieveren	2.4 km	SouthWest
5 Roden	2.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	136 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	293 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	393 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 31 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 5.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 46.9 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 66 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 148 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 6.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.4 km2

Nature

0.5 km2

0.6%

Agriculture

68.2 km2

86.9%

Urban area

6.5 km2

8.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altena in country Netherlands

Altena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	12 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	63 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	73 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leekstermeergebied	NL	3.9 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Noordenveld

Type of weather in Gemeente Noordenveld	clear sky
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	63 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	15 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	05:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam