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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6981,Lat: 52.7845
Elevation	17 meter above sea level
Local time	18:48:49pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Drenthe
Official website region	Official link Drenthe
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Coevorden
Other place with same name 1	Meppen Niedersachsen -

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Aalden	1.7 km	EastNorthEast
2 Zweeloo	2.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 Benneveld	3.3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Wezup	3.5 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Oosterhesselen	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	131 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	270 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	356 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 73 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 Grote Rietplas (0.8 km² at a distance of 13.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 15.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 141 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 38 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.2 km2

13%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.1%

Agriculture

63 km2

80.2%

Urban area

2.4 km2

3.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meppen in country Netherlands

Meppen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	35 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	65 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	69 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Mantingerzand	NL	4.3 km	WestNorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sleen

Type of weather in Sleen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.02 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 24 minutes
Sunrise :	08:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:31 Europe/Amsterdam