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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5018,Lat: 37.1761
Elevation	20 meter above sea level
Local time	2:03:26am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castro Marim
Name	Altura

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrocal	1.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Quinta Manuel Alves	1.7 km	NorthWest
3 Manta Rota	2 km	WestSouthWest
4 São Bartolomeu	2.6 km	NorthEast
5 Vila Nova de Cacela	2.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	227 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	227 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Madrid	Spain	485 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Altura lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Algarve Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Beliche (2.7 km² at a height of around 51 meter above sea level) at a distance of 10.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 8.4 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.8 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 26%, low location: 74%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Algarve

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Faro Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 97 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3.1 km2

6.3%

Nature

6.1 km2

12.3%

Wet nature

3.3 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

28.8 km2

57.9%

Viticulture

1.5 km2

3.1%

Urban area

4 km2

8.1%

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

4.5%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Altura in country Portugal

Altura at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	106 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	136 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	159 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa / Castro Marim	PT	0.5 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Altura
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lagoa

Type of weather in Lagoa	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam