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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5114,Lat: 37.1848
Elevation	33 meter above sea level
Local time	12:45:56pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Faro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Castro Marim
Name	Altura

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quinta Manuel Alves	0.7 km	West
2 Altura	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Manta Rota	2.1 km	SouthWest
4 Vila Nova de Cacela	2.3 km	WestSouthWest
5 Pocinho	2.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	225 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	228 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	485 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (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 9.1 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 9.1 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 12.7 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 19%, low location: 81%, 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 44 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Portimão Airport (at a distance of 96 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

3 km2

4.9%

Nature

9 km2

14.8%

Wet nature

2.5 km2

4.1%

Agriculture

37 km2

61.1%

Viticulture

1.5 km2

2.5%

Urban area

3.5 km2

5.8%

Rock-Sand

2.1 km2

3.4%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barrocal in country Portugal

Barrocal at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Doñana National Park	Spain	107 km	EastSouthEast
2 Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Seville	Spain	137 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	158 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Ria Formosa / Castro Marim	PT	1.7 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Altura

Type of weather in Altura	broken clouds
Current temperature:	24 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
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