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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.4893,Lat: 42.2986
Elevation	580 meter above sea level
Local time	13:14:30pm
Name province/region	Abruzzo
Name Subregion	L'Aquila
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Fossa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerro	0.5 km	East
2 San Panfilo d'Ocre	1.9 km	SouthWest
3 Casentino	2.7 km	SouthEast
4 Valle-Cavalletto d'Ocre	2.8 km	WestNorthWest
5 San Felice d'Ocre	2.8 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Roma	Italy	94 km	WestSouthWest
2 Città del Vaticano	Vatican-city	97 km	WestSouthWest
3 San Marino	San-marino	200 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 59 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Middle Appenines - Adriatic, part of the larger catchment area Middle Appenines River Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Campotosto (12.3 km² at a height of around 1312 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.8 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte d'Ocre with a height of 2206 meter (at a distance of 5.5 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Vatican-Italian border with a straight distance of 96.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 135 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 69%, moderate high mountains: 28%, high mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Central Apennines

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (at a distance of 117 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Abruzzo Airport (at a distance of 59 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.5 km2

23.6%

Nature

14 km2

17.8%

Agriculture

43.7 km2

55.6%

Urban area

2.4 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Fossa in country Italy

Fossa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villa d'Este, Tivoli	Italy	68 km	SouthWest
2 Villa Adriana (Tivoli)	Italy	71 km	SouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Rome, the Properties of the Holy See in that City Enjoying Extraterritorial Rights and San Paolo Fuori le Mura	Holy See,Italy	94 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Doline di Ocre	IT	0.7 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Fossa

Type of weather in Fossa	clear sky
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.79 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	14 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:03 Europe/Amsterdam