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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.5759,Lat: 52.0448
Elevation	-5 meter above sea level
Local time	3:01:13am
Name province/region (Provincie)	Zuid-Holland
Official website region	Official link Zuid-Holland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Zuidplas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kruisweg	2.1 km	West
2 Hogeveen	3.8 km	North
3 Benthuizen	4.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Zevenhuizen	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Bleiswijk	4.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	43 km	NorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	134 km	South
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	292 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 20 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 Rottemeren (0.7 km² at a distance of 4.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 61.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 86 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Reclamed lakes-polders - Flat Peaty meadows-area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 32 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 14 km in SouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

59.4 km2

75.7%

Urban area

15.8 km2

20.1%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Moerkapelle in country Netherlands

Moerkapelle at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	17 km	SouthWest
2 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	18 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	19 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
De Wilck	NL	7.5 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Moerkapelle

Type of weather in Moerkapelle	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	7 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	08:46 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:30 Europe/Amsterdam