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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7009,Lat: 41.9789
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	11:04:15am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vila Nova de Cerveira
Name	Campos e Vila Meã

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Lagoa	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Rego	0.8 km	SouthWest
3 Couto	1.2 km	South
4 Cabreira	1.2 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Quinta	1.4 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	362 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	458 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	713 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 15 km (direction WestNorthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Spain.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira de Touvedo (1.4 km² at a height of around 49 meter above sea level) at a distance of 34.5 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.6 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 80%, hill: 7%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 81 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 29 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.9 km2

33%

Nature

7 km2

8.9%

Agriculture

35.1 km2

44.6%

Viticulture

0.8 km2

1.1%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carvalha in country Portugal

Carvalha at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	55 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	69 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	93 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Estuários dos Rios Minho e Coura	PT	0.1 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Forcadela

Type of weather in Forcadela	broken clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 19 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:40 Europe/Amsterdam