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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6355,Lat: 41.7872
Elevation	49 meter above sea level
Local time	1:06:09am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Viana do Castelo
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ponte de Lima
Name	Cabração e Moreira do Lima

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Canadelo	1.5 km	North
2 Castanheira	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Terra Feita	3.2 km	SouthWest
4 Presa	3.2 km	EastNorthEast
5 Costa	3.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	341 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	446 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	692 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 19 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: 1, 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 23.6 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 27 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 63%, hill: 20%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 60 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.8 km2

13.7%

Nature

32.9 km2

41.8%

Agriculture

25.2 km2

32.1%

Viticulture

0.7 km2

0.9%

Urban area

2.8 km2

3.6%

Infrastructure

0.7 km2

0.8%

Rock-Sand

3.1 km2

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Covelo e Fontelo in country Portugal

Covelo e Fontelo 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	34 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	48 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	72 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Lima	PT	0.2 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ponte de Lima

Type of weather in Ponte de Lima	light rain
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam