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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6963,Lat: 39.7421
Elevation	161 meter above sea level
Local time	7:20:33am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Leiria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Leiria
Name	Caranguejeira

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vale Sobreiro	0.9 km	East
2 Casal da Cruz	0.9 km	West
3 Caranguejeira	0.9 km	NorthWest
4 Caldelas	1.2 km	SouthWest
5 Palmeiria	2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	118 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	East
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	500 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 28 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vouga, Mondego and Lis. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Castelo de Bode (32.8 km² at a height of around 121 meter above sea level) at a distance of 35.4 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 99.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 64%, hill: 36%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Beira Litoral

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Humberto Delgado Airport (Lisbon Portela Airport) (at a distance of 112 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.4 km2

34.9%

Nature

18.4 km2

23.4%

Agriculture

23.5 km2

29.9%

Viticulture

5.7 km2

7.2%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vale de Santa Catarina in country Portugal

Vale de Santa Catarina at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Batalha	Portugal	14 km	WestSouthWest
2 Convent of Christ in Tomar	Portugal	29 km	SouthEast
3 Monastery of Alcobaça	Portugal	32 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Azabuxo-Leiria	PT	5.1 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Caranguejeira

Type of weather in Caranguejeira	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.2 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:35 Europe/Amsterdam