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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.4195,Lat: 53.315
Elevation	1 meter above sea level
Local time	21:55:31pm
Name province/region	Groningen
Name Subregion	Zuidhorn

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ezinge	1.7 km	EastSouthEast
2 Oldehove	2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Schouwerzijl	2.9 km	NorthEast
4 Warfhuizen	3.1 km	North
5 Feerwerd	3.3 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	147 km	SouthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	309 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	413 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ems. The nearest bigger lake is Lauwersmeer (24.4 km² at a distance of 8.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 51.6 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 72 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 158 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Eelde Airport (at a distance of 24 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

77.2 km2

98.2%

Urban area

0.8 km2

1.1%

Water - Lakes

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saaksum in country Netherlands

Saaksum at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	30 km	South
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	72 km	SouthWest
3 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	87 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lauwersmeer	NL	8.6 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Oldehove

Type of weather in Oldehove	clear sky
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	05:35 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:25 Europe/Amsterdam