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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9631,Lat: 40.8524
Elevation	557 meter above sea level
Local time	4:19:31am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castro Daire
Name	Mamouros, Alva e Ribolhos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Termas do Carvalhal	2 km	East
2 Mosteirô	2.5 km	North
3 Mamouros	2.7 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Soutelo	3.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Arcas	3.5 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	254 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	367 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	573 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 56 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Carrapatelo (7 km² at a height of around 46 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.3 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 88.5 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 76%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 75 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport) (at a distance of 16 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

45.6 km2

58%

Nature

14.1 km2

17.9%

Agriculture

17.6 km2

22.4%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alva in country Portugal

Alva at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	31 km	NorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	64 km	NorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	72 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	4.6 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carreira

Type of weather in Carreira	clear sky
Current temperature:	4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.77 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam