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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.2974,Lat: 53.312
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	0:02:15am
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Zuidhorn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Munnekezijl	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Zoutkamp	3.2 km	North
3 Kommerzijl	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Pieterzijl	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Niekerk	4.1 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	141 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	305 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	412 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 9 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 Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 2.7 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 59.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 84 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 marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 152 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 29 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.8 km2

Wet nature

6.8 km2

8.7%

Agriculture

67 km2

85.3%

Urban area

2 km2

2.6%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lauwerzijl in country Netherlands

Lauwerzijl at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	31 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	66 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	83 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lauwersmeer	NL	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ulrum

Type of weather in Ulrum	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 20 May 2024:	16 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:27 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam