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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6218,Lat: 51.8957
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	17:12:17pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Krimpenerwaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kinderdijk	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Schuwacht	1.9 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ridderkerk	2.8 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Bolnes	3 km	West
5 Krimpen aan den IJssel	3.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	56 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	118 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	276 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 33 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Kralingsche Plas (0.7 km² at a distance of 8.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 44.7 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 63 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 47 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 14 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

28.1 km2

35.7%

Urban area

32.1 km2

40.9%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

7.5 km2

9.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Krimpen aan de Lek in country Netherlands

Krimpen aan de Lek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	2.4 km	SouthEast
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	14 km	WestNorthWest
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	34 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Boezems Kinderdijk	NL	1.3 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Krimpen aan den IJssel

Type of weather in Krimpen aan den IJssel	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	82 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 32 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam