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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.7008,Lat: 53.2148
Elevation	-1 meter above sea level
Local time	23:44:38pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Slochteren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Scharmer	1.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Woudbloem	2.6 km	East
3 Lageland	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Westerbroek	3.4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Engelbert	3.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	154 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	309 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	403 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Zuidlaardermeer (5.4 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 33.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 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 165 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 13 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.7 km2

3.4%

Nature

5 km2

6.4%

Wet nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

63.5 km2

80.8%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Water - Lakes

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Harkstede in country Netherlands

Harkstede at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	28 km	SouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	80 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	90 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Zuidlaardermeergebied	NL	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Haren

Type of weather in Haren	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam