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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.799,Lat: 52.8746
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	1:11:56am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	De Friese Meren
Other place with same name 1	Echten Drenthe - De Wolden

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Echtenerbrug	1.5 km	East
2 Delfstrahuizen	1.8 km	East
3 Oosterzee	2.4 km	West
4 Bantega	3.4 km	South
5 Follega	4.4 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	83 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	247 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	364 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 38 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Tjeukemeer (21.4 km² at a distance of 0.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 67.3 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 94 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 Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 94 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

54.8 km2

69.8%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

21.5 km2

27.4%

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 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	8.7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	26 km	South
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	44 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rottige Meenthe & Brandemeer	NL	3.9 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Echtenerbrug

Type of weather in Echtenerbrug	light rain
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	10.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1002 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	08:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam