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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3926,Lat: 53.1635
Elevation	2 meter above sea level
Local time	21:28:45pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Leek

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nietap	0.5 km	SouthEast
2 Midwolde	2 km	North
3 Tolbert	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
4 De Holm	3.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Lettelbert	3.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	134 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	293 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	396 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 27 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Leekstermeer (1.9 km² at a distance of 2.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 52.7 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 74 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 145 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 13 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.3 km2

0.4%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

63.1 km2

80.3%

Urban area

12.1 km2

15.4%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leek in country Netherlands

Leek at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	13 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	60 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	72 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Leekstermeergebied	NL	1.4 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leek

Type of weather in Leek	light intensity shower rain
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:28 Europe/Amsterdam