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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.6601,Lat: 52.8441
Elevation	18 meter above sea level
Local time	20:48:11pm
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Midden-Drenthe

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Witteveen	3.1 km	South
2 Garminge	3.5 km	SouthWest
3 Westerbork	3.9 km	WestNorthWest
4 Balinge	4 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Wezuperbrug	4.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	131 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	273 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	362 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 66 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: 1, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Diependal (1.2 km² at a distance of 14.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 22.7 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. 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 142 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.6 km2

13.5%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

64 km2

81.4%

Urban area

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orvelte in country Netherlands

Orvelte at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	28 km	NorthWest
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	64 km	WestSouthWest
3 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	66 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Elperstroomgebied	NL	2.4 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Westerbork

Type of weather in Westerbork	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.26 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	05:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam