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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.9732,Lat: 41.5391
Elevation	589 meter above sea level
Local time	6:59:53am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cabeceiras de Basto
Name	Rio Douro

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Chacim	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Pena	2 km	South
3 Cruz do Muro	2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Quinta da Mata	2.3 km	SouthWest
5 Cachada	2.5 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	325 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	385 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	643 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 12.8 km in NorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 31.7 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 44 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 0%, hill: 54%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 67 km and direction WestSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 37 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

19.4 km2

24.7%

Nature

27.7 km2

35.3%

Agriculture

30.2 km2

38.5%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rio Douro in country Portugal

Rio Douro at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	29 km	West
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	34 km	WestNorthWest
3 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	51 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	14 km	SouthSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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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	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.73 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	07:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam