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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 4.6487,Lat: 51.8933
Elevation	-2 meter above sea level
Local time	6:38:59am
Name province/region	Zuid-Holland
Name Subregion	Krimpenerwaard

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Kinderdijk	1.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Krimpen aan de Lek	1.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Nieuw-Lekkerland	2.8 km	EastSouthEast
4 Lekkerkerk	3 km	East
5 Alblasserdam	3.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	56 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Brussel	Belgium	118 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	275 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 35 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Kralingsche Plas (0.7 km² at a distance of 9.9 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Dutch-Belgium border with a straight distance of 44.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 62 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 100%, low location: 0%, The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Flat marine clay area
Groene Hart

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 47 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Rotterdam The Hague Airport (at a distance of 16 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.5 km2

0.6%

Wet nature

1.9 km2

2.4%

Agriculture

38.8 km2

49.4%

Urban area

24.7 km2

31.4%

Water - Lakes

6.6 km2

8.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Schuwacht in country Netherlands

Schuwacht at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout	Netherlands	1.2 km	South
2 Van Nellefabriek	Netherlands	16 km	WestNorthWest
3 Frontiers of the Roman Empire – The Lower German Limes	Germany,Netherlands	35 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Boezems Kinderdijk	NL	0.6 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Nieuw-Lekkerland

Type of weather in Nieuw-Lekkerland	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	15 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:23 Europe/Amsterdam