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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5492,Lat: 41.1804
Elevation	92 meter above sea level
Local time	17:49:08pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gondomar
Name	Rio Tinto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fânzeres	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Pedrouços	3.2 km	WestNorthWest
3 Águas Santas	3.8 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Ermesinde	3.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Valongo	4.2 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	276 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	422 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	628 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 11 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 Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.9 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 77.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 108 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 92%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

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

Name
Área Metro. do Porto (AMP)

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 14 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

6.5 km2

8.3%

Nature

6.4 km2

8.2%

Agriculture

15.4 km2

19.6%

Urban area

48.6 km2

61.8%

Infrastructure

1.4 km2

1.8%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rio Tinto in country Portugal

Rio Tinto at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	7 km	WestSouthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	36 km	NorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	44 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valongo	PT	3.9 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rio Tinto

Type of weather in Rio Tinto	few clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.63 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1005 mb
Humidity:	64 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	13 hour and 50 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam