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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.2668,Lat: 40.9965
Elevation	674 meter above sea level
Local time	19:46:23pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mêda
Name	Poço do Canto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fonte Longa	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
2 Meda	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Cedovim	4.7 km	NorthWest
4 Ranhados	5.3 km	West
5 Outeiro de Gatos	5.9 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	295 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	311 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	565 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 116 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 Teja (0.8 km² at a height of around 691 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 28.3 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 40 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 14%, low mountains: 86%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Douro

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 123 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 49 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

4.5 km2

5.7%

Nature

25.8 km2

32.8%

Agriculture

28.5 km2

36.3%

Viticulture

18.6 km2

23.7%

Urban area

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Poço do Canto in country Portugal

Poço do Canto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	46 km	WestNorthWest
2 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	61 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	100 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Vale do Côa	PT	9.9 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cedovim

Type of weather in Cedovim	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.53 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:24 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:27 Europe/Amsterdam