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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1189,Lat: 41.1889
Elevation	161 meter above sea level
Local time	18:40:07pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Marco de Canaveses
Name	Tabuado

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vendas	0.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Capelas	0.4 km	SouthWest
3 Ladário	0.6 km	West
4 Calvário	1.1 km	SouthWest
5 Santa Maria	1.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	285 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	386 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	612 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 46 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 8.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 68.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 96 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 42%, hill: 47%, low mountains: 11%, 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 48 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 35 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

7.8 km2

10%

Nature

22.2 km2

28.3%

Agriculture

42 km2

53.5%

Viticulture

1.5 km2

1.9%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Water - Lakes

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Canhões in country Portugal

Canhões at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	29 km	EastSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	32 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	42 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	10 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Marco de Canaveses

Type of weather in Marco de Canaveses	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.34 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam