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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.3477,Lat: 41.5201
Elevation	305 meter above sea level
Local time	8:32:10am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Guimarães
Name	Briteiros São Salvador e Briteiros Santa Leocádia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pedrais	0.4 km	WestSouthWest
2 Casqueira	0.9 km	NorthEast
3 Rechã	1.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Carvalhal	1.7 km	WestNorthWest
5 Portelo do Lobo	2.2 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	316 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	414 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	654 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 36 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira da Caniçada (7.5 km² at a height of around 161 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.4 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 36.2 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 41%, hill: 55%, low mountains: 3%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 41 km and direction SouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17 km2

21.6%

Nature

22 km2

28%

Agriculture

30.8 km2

39.2%

Viticulture

0.6 km2

0.8%

Urban area

7.7 km2

9.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Travessas in country Portugal

Travessas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	4.6 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	9.7 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	47 km	SouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Peneda / Gerês	PT	17 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Caldelas

Type of weather in Caldelas	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	89 %
Daylength at 4 May 2024:	14 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam