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General information - Location

Country	Netherlands
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 6.1071,Lat: 52.3994
Elevation	3 meter above sea level
Local time	20:27:36pm
Name province/region (Provincie)	Gelderland
Official website region	Official link Gelderland
Wiki-website Subregion (Gemeente)	Heerde

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wijhe	2.2 km	SouthEast
2 Veessen	2.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Werven	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Fortmond	3.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Herxen	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Amsterdam	Netherlands	83 km	West
2 Brussel	Belgium	211 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	311 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Wadden Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 91 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine coastal: Lek, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Veluwemeer (35.9 km² at a distance of 19.7 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Broodberg with a height of 75 meter (at a distance of 22.3 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Dutch-German border with a straight distance of 41.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 58 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 92%, low location: 8%, 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
Flat river area

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (at a distance of 92 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lelystad Airport (at a distance of 40 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

5.3 km2

6.7%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

63 km2

80.2%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.9%

Water - Lakes

3.6 km2

4.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vorchten in country Netherlands

Vorchten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Schokland and Surroundings	Netherlands	35 km	NorthWest
2 Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station)	Netherlands	58 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Colonies of Benevolence	Belgium,Netherlands	74 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rijntakken	NL	1.3 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wijhe

Type of weather in Wijhe	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 3 December 2024:	7 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	08:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:24 Europe/Amsterdam