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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.0772,Lat: 41.2055
Elevation	234 meter above sea level
Local time	9:55:41am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Marco de Canaveses
Name	Várzea, Aliviada e Folhada

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burgo	1.1 km	WestNorthWest
2 Pinheiro	1.2 km	WestSouthWest
3 Senhora do Campo	1.9 km	NorthEast
4 Vendas	3.6 km	WestSouthWest
5 Canhões	3.9 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	288 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	383 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	613 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 50 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 Carrapatelo (7 km² at a height of around 46 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 67.1 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 94 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 23%, hill: 40%, low mountains: 25%, moderate high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. 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 51 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 31 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

13.9%

Nature

31.9 km2

40.6%

Agriculture

33.2 km2

42.4%

Viticulture

1.2 km2

1.5%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Merelhe in country Portugal

Merelhe at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	26 km	SouthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	32 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	46 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	6.3 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gouveia (São Simão)

Type of weather in Gouveia (São Simão)	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.99 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1022 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 16 minutes
Sunrise :	07:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:36 Europe/Amsterdam