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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.1306,Lat: 44.2647
Elevation	4 meter above sea level
Local time	23:59:23pm
Name province/region	Călăraşi
Name Subregion	Independenţa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gălăţui	1.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Independenţa	2.5 km	NorthEast
3 Alexandru Odobescu	3.3 km	West
4 Nicolae Bălcescu	4.5 km	West
5 Vişinii	5.7 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	84 km	West
2 Chişinău	Moldova	336 km	North
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	357 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 119 km (direction EastNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main lower 2 - final, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Lacul Galaţui (6.8 km² at a distance of 0.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 13.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 0%, low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 89 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Agriculture

65.4 km2

83.2%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

6.1 km2

7.8%

Water - Lakes

6.7 km2

8.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Potcoava in country Romania

Potcoava at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Srebarna Nature Reserve	Bulgaria	17 km	South
2 Thracian Tomb of Sveshtari	Bulgaria	77 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Madara Rider	Bulgaria	107 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Olteni?a - Mosti?tea - Chiciu	RO	0.7 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Independenţa

Type of weather in Independenţa	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.84 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	14 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:11 Europe/Amsterdam