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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0771,Lat: 53.1081
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	18:59:30pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Bellingwedde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Morige	1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Wedderveer	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Wedde	4.2 km	South
4 Oude Pekela	4.5 km	West
5 Wedderheide	4.7 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	169 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	314 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	395 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 39 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Hondshalstermeer (1.4 km² at a distance of 16.4 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 7.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.1 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 180 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 33 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.2%

Wet nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

65.8 km2

83.8%

Urban area

9.1 km2

11.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Blijham in country Netherlands

Blijham at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	47 km	West
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	98 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	102 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rheiderland	DE	9.7 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Blijham
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oude Pekela

Type of weather in Oude Pekela	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.42 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:28 Europe/Amsterdam