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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7688,Lat: 38.2927
Elevation	7 meter above sea level
Local time	17:10:17pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Setúbal
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Grândola
Name	Carvalhal

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carvalhal	2.6 km	EastNorthEast
2 Pinheiro da Cruz	4.6 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Comporta	9.7 km	North
4 Melides	16.1 km	South
5 Vale Gamito	19.6 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	58 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	391 km	SouthEast
3 Madrid	Spain	495 km	EastNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Lagoa Formosa lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Sado and Mira. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Açude de Vale de Coelheiros (0.5 km² at a height of around 31 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 126.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 177 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 86%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Terras do Sado

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 64 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.3 km2

64.8%

Nature

6.5 km2

13.4%

Agriculture

7 km2

14.5%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.6%

Urban area

1.8 km2

3.8%

Rock-Sand

1.4 km2

2.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lagoa Formosa in country Portugal

Lagoa Formosa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon	Portugal	60 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Cultural Landscape of Sintra	Portugal	80 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Évora	Portugal	81 km	East

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Comporta / Galé	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Comporta

Type of weather in Comporta	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	68 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam