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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9789,Lat: 41.5211
Elevation	390 meter above sea level
Local time	5:45:53am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cabeceiras de Basto
Name	Refojos de Basto, Outeiro e Painzela

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quinta da Mata	0.6 km	West
2 Pena	0.6 km	East
3 Freita	0.9 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Cachada	1.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Chacim	1.5 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	323 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	384 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	641 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 67 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 Ermal (1.7 km² at a height of around 335 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 33.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 69%, low mountains: 28%, moderate high mountains: 1%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
Montes entre Larouco e Marão

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 35 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.4 km2

23.4%

Nature

25.5 km2

32.5%

Agriculture

32.4 km2

41.2%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Cruz do Muro in country Portugal

Cruz do Muro at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	27 km	West
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	34 km	WestNorthWest
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	49 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	13 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cabeceiras de Basto Municipality

Type of weather in Cabeceiras de Basto Municipality	few clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam