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General information - Location

Country	Lithuania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.2224,Lat: 55.5119
Elevation	123 meter above sea level
Local time	15:35:31pm
Name province/region	Tauragė
Name Subregion	Šilalė
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Šilalė

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Šilai	1.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struikai	2.6 km	South
3 Tūbinės I	2.9 km	NorthEast
4 Šilalė	3.2 km	SouthWest
5 Dirkintai	3.2 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	199 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Vilnius	Lithuania	213 km	EastSouthEast
3 Warszawa	Poland	373 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 71 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Nyoman main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Nemunas. The nearest bigger lake is ež. Paršežeris (2 km² at a distance of 14.3 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Medvėgalis with a height of 235 meter (at a distance of 16.7 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Russian-Latvian border with a straight distance of 49.2 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, 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.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 191 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.3 km2

19.4%

Nature

0.9 km2

1.2%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

57.1 km2

72.6%

Urban area

5.1 km2

6.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balsiai in country Lithuania

Balsiai at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Curonian Spit	Lithuania,Russian Federation	84 km	WestSouthWest
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	180 km	EastSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	199 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Pagramancio regioninis parkas	LT	4.2 km	SouthEast

Social media - Maps

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	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Balsiai
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	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Šilalė

Type of weather in Šilalė	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.46 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	46 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	15 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :	04:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:21 Europe/Amsterdam