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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 5.5001,Lat: 52.8658
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	16:59:57pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Friesland
Official website region	Official link Friesland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	De Friese Meren

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mirns	2.6 km	West
2 Oudemirdum	2.8 km	SouthEast
3 Bakhuizen	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
4 Hemelum	3.5 km	NorthWest
5 Kolderwolde	3.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	68 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	238 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	365 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 26 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 IJsselmeer (1134.7 km² at a distance of 2.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 85.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 120 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 88%, low location: 12%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat Peaty meadows-area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 80 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.8 km2

11.2%

Wet nature

0.4 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

46.1 km2

58.7%

Urban area

0.8 km2

Water - Lakes

21.7 km2

27.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rijs in country Netherlands

Rijs at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	12 km	EastSouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	31 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder)	Netherlands	53 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
IJsselmeer	NL	2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oudemirdum

Type of weather in Oudemirdum	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	08:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam