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General information - Location

Country	Finland
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.5422,Lat: 63.1426
Elevation	74 meter above sea level
Local time	2:32:59am
Name province/region	Western and Inland Finland (Länsi- ja Sisä-Suomen aluehallintovirasto)
Name Maakunta	Etelä-Pohjanmaa#Södra Österbotten
Name Kunta	Lappajärvi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lappajärvi	9.3 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Itäkylä	13.7 km	NorthEast
3 Vimpeli	14.4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Kankaanpää	15.8 km	South
5 Hovilanalue	16.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Helsinki	Finland	340 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Tallinn	Estonia	420 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Stockholm	Sweden	519 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Bothnia is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 62 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Kokemaen coastal: Kyron, Lapuan, Ahtavan, Perhon, part of the larger catchment area Kokemäenjoki-Archipelago Sea-Bothnian Sea. The nearest bigger lake is Lappajärvi (150.7 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Swedish-Finnish border with a straight distance of 285.1 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 399 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Etelä-Pohjanmaan viljelylakeuksien seutu

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Helsinki Vantaa Airport (at a distance of 325 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.6 km2

41.5%

Nature

2.3 km2

2.9%

Wet nature

2.3 km2

2.9%

Agriculture

10.3 km2

13.2%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

29.4 km2

37.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Karvala in country Finland

Karvala at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 High Coast / Kvarken Archipelago	Finland,Sweden	115 km	West
2 Petäjävesi Old Church	Finland	131 km	SouthEast
3 Bronze Age Burial Site of Sammallahdenmäki	Finland	242 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vanhaneva	FI	5.8 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lappajärvi

Type of weather in Lappajärvi	few clouds
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	17 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	03:41 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:02 Europe/Amsterdam