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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.399,Lat: 52.7128
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	5:06:28am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	De Wolden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oshaar	3.2 km	SouthWest
2 Kalenberg	4 km	NorthEast
3 Gijsselte	4.5 km	North
4 Fluitenberg	4.5 km	NorthEast
5 Zuidwolde	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	109 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	251 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	346 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 76 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Bovenwijde (1.4 km² at a distance of 19.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 23 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 75%, low location: 25%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 120 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 47 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

12.5 km2

15.9%

Nature

1.6 km2

Agriculture

56.5 km2

72.1%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Echten in country Netherlands

Echten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	37 km	North
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	43 km	West
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	51 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dwingelderveld	NL	7 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente De Wolden

Type of weather in Gemeente De Wolden	clear sky
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam