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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 20.2964,Lat: 49.6083
Elevation	647 meter above sea level
Local time	7:18:20am
Name province/region	Małopolskie
Name Subregion	Limanowski
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kamienica

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Zasadne	3.4 km	South
2 Zbludza	4.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Zalesie	4.8 km	NorthEast
4 Kamienica	5.4 km	SouthEast
5 Wola Kosnowa	7.1 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	252 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	286 km	SouthWest
3 Warszawa	Poland	297 km	North

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 518 km (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Upper - Dunajec, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Zbiornik Czorsztyn (12.4 km² at a height of around 54 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.5 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Turbacz with a height of 1315 meter (at a distance of 15.2 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 23 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 4%, low mountains: 73%, moderate high mountains: 23%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Outer Western Carpathians
Region karpacki - Zewnetrzne Karpaty Zachodnie - Beskidy Zachodnie - Beskid Wyspowy

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 64 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (at a distance of 60 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

54.8 km2

69.8%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

22.5 km2

28.7%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Szczawa in country Poland

Szczawa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines	Poland	45 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	54 km	WestNorthWest
3 Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region in Poland and Ukraine	Poland,Ukraine	54 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Srodkowy Dunajec z doplywami	PL	0 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Kamienica

Type of weather in Kamienica	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	05:14 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:57 Europe/Amsterdam