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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1728,Lat: 41.1651
Elevation	216 meter above sea level
Local time	10:59:57am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Marco de Canaveses
Name	Avessadas e Rosém

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Outeiro e Moinhos	0.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Castelinho	0.7 km	South
3 Nogueira	0.9 km	SouthWest
4 Fontelas	1.2 km	West
5 Marco de Canaveses	2.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	281 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	390 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	612 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 41 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.1 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 71.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 100 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 36%, hill: 59%, low mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 44 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

10.7%

Nature

30.4 km2

38.7%

Agriculture

32.4 km2

41.3%

Viticulture

1.6 km2

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.6%

Water - Lakes

2.1 km2

2.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barrocas in country Portugal

Barrocas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	32 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	33 km	North
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	37 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	12 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Marco de Canaveses Municipality

Type of weather in Marco de Canaveses Municipality	few clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.59 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam