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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4709,Lat: 41.1062
Elevation	111 meter above sea level
Local time	23:14:21pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gondomar
Name	Foz do Sousa e Covelo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ribeira	0.8 km	South
2 Serra	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gens	1.4 km	NorthWest
4 Leverinho	2.1 km	South
5 Jancido	2.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	269 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	414 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	618 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 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 de Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.2 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 82.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 116 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 2%, low location: 85%, hill: 13%, The hills are mainly western 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 24 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21.6 km2

27.5%

Nature

36.3 km2

46.2%

Agriculture

12.8 km2

16.3%

Urban area

5.4 km2

6.8%

Water - Lakes

2.5 km2

3.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cruz in country Portugal

Cruz at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	13 km	WestNorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	40 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	50 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valongo	PT	0.7 km	EastNorthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Cruz
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Foz do Sousa

Type of weather in Foz do Sousa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam