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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.0103,Lat: 52.9347
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	17:56:13pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Groningen
Official website region	Official link Groningen
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Stadskanaal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Horsten	1.3 km	North
2 Zandberg	2.3 km	South
3 Kavelingen	2.4 km	South
4 Jipsingboermussel	2.4 km	SouthEast
5 1e Oomsberg	2.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	156 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	296 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	375 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 57 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Grote Rietplas (0.8 km² at a distance of 22.9 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 9.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.3 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 99%, low location: 1%, 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
Higher soil grounds

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 167 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 35 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

71.3 km2

90.8%

Urban area

5.8 km2

7.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Musselkanaal in country Netherlands

Musselkanaal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	43 km	WestNorthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	90 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	90 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lieftinghsbroek	NL	10 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gemeente Stadskanaal

Type of weather in Gemeente Stadskanaal	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.24 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:29 Europe/Amsterdam