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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1793,Lat: 41.2317
Elevation	220 meter above sea level
Local time	10:34:52am
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Penafiel
Name	Castelões

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Igreja	0.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Boavista	0.9 km	East
3 Braguezes	1 km	South
4 Agrela	1.5 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Casal	1.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	288 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	392 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	619 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 42 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 Torrão (3.4 km² at a height of around 64 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 64.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 90 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 32%, hill: 67%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly 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 42 km and direction WestNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.4 km2

10.7%

Nature

22.1 km2

28.2%

Agriculture

38.2 km2

48.7%

Viticulture

4.5 km2

5.7%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.4%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Volta de Água in country Portugal

Volta de Água at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	26 km	North
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	35 km	SouthEast
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	38 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Alvão / Marão	PT	13 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Castelões

Type of weather in Castelões	few clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.5 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	97 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:26 Europe/Amsterdam