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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4978,Lat: 53.0605
Elevation	10 meter above sea level
Local time	6:42:15am
Name province/region	Drenthe
Name Subregion	Noordenveld

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Norg	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Zeijerveld	3.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Zuidvelde	3.2 km	SouthWest
4 Zeijen	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Westervelde	3.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	133 km	WestSouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	287 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	385 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 39 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Paterswoldermeer (2.8 km² at a distance of 12 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 46 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 64 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 72%, low location: 28%, The hills are mainly northern 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 144 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 8.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.7 km2

12.3%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.8%

Agriculture

63.9 km2

81.3%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Peest in country Netherlands

Peest at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	7.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	60 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	68 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Norgerholt	NL	2.9 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vries

Type of weather in Vries	mist
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	05:31 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam