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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands (Holland)
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.3064,Lat: 52.012
Elevation	14 meter above sea level
Local time	19:08:04pm
Name province/region	Gelderland
Name Subregion	Bronckhorst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Oosterwijk	1.9 km	NorthEast
2 Keijenborg	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Zelhem	3.1 km	EastSouthEast
4 Hengelo	4.6 km	North
5 Hummelo	5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	105 km	WestNorthWest
2 Brussel	Belgium	188 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	268 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The North Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 127 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Rhederlaag (2.4 km² at a distance of 16.5 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Signaal Imbosch with a height of 110 meter (at a distance of 21.1 km and direction West).One of the mountains in Veluwe The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 15.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 22 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 20%, low location: 80%, The hills are mainly southwestern 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
Achterhoek

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Düsseldorf Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.7 km2

Agriculture

65.8 km2

83.8%

Urban area

7.2 km2

9.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velswijk in country Netherlands

Velswijk at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex in Essen	Germany	77 km	SouthEast
2 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	79 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House)	Netherlands	80 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rijntakken	NL	10 km	West

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Velswijk
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zelhem

Type of weather in Zelhem	broken clouds
Current temperature:	27 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	76 %
Daylength at 14 May 2024:	15 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	05:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:20 Europe/Amsterdam