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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.1644,Lat: 44.5244
Elevation	193 meter above sea level
Local time	9:30:13am
Name province/region	Mehedinţi
Name Subregion	Dumbrava

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Dumbrava de Mijloc	1.5 km	SouthWest
2 Dumbrava de Jos	2.4 km	WestSouthWest
3 Albuleşti	3.1 km	East
4 Valea Teiului	4.3 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Dumbrava de Sus	4.4 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	203 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	216 km	West
3 Bucureşti	Romania	234 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 407 km (direction East).The coastline is located in another country namely Bulgaria.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jiu, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Turceni (2.2 km² at a distance of 26.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 31.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 45 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 6%, hill: 94%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 204 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 62 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.2 km2

25.7%

Nature

0.8 km2

Agriculture

53.2 km2

67.7%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.4%

Urban area

3.8 km2

4.9%

Water - Lakes

0.2 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Higiu in country Romania

Higiu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	100 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	105 km	SouthWest
3 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	123 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Dealurile Strehaia - Btlanele	RO	6.3 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Dumbrava de Sus

Type of weather in Dumbrava de Sus	clear sky
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:28 Europe/Amsterdam