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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.9247,Lat: 40.9489
Elevation	572 meter above sea level
Local time	6:53:12am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Name	Escalhão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mata de Lobos	5.3 km	South
2 La Fregeneda	6.5 km	EastNorthEast
3 Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo	6.6 km	SouthWest
4 Vilar de Amargo	7.5 km	West
5 Barca d' Alva	8.8 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	282 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	308 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	551 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 144 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 Santa Maria de Aguiar (1.9 km² at a height of around 619 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.6 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 2%, hill: 18%, low mountains: 80%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Interior

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 152 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 77 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.9 km2

1.1%

Nature

54.6 km2

69.5%

Agriculture

22.2 km2

28.3%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Escalhão in country Portugal

Escalhão at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	36 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	76 km	WestNorthWest
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	106 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda	PT	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sobradillo

Type of weather in Sobradillo	light rain
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 49 minutes
Sunrise :	07:30 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:19 Europe/Amsterdam