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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.8616,Lat: 53.3531
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	1:42:28am
Name province/region	Friesland
Name Subregion	Ferwerderadiel

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hogebeintum	1.9 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Ferwerd	2.8 km	WestSouthWest
3 Holwerd	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
4 Genum	3.4 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Reitsum	3.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	127 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	298 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	417 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is very close with only a distance of around 3 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Groote Wielen (0.8 km² at a distance of 13.6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 88.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 138 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

22 km2

28%

Agriculture

55.4 km2

70.5%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blija in country Netherlands

Blija at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	50 km	SouthEast
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	58 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	80 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Waddenzee	NL	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ferwert

Type of weather in Ferwert	mist
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	15 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	05:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:14 Europe/Amsterdam