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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.8352,Lat: 45.168
Elevation	603 meter above sea level
Local time	0:53:04am
Name province/region	Gori
Name Subregion	Polovragi

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cerna	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Polovragi	1.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Mariţa	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Rugetu	3.8 km	SouthEast
5 Ciupercenii de Olteţ	4.7 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	196 km	EastSouthEast
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	269 km	WestSouthWest
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	278 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 390 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Olt, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Vidra (9.3 km² at a distance of 27.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 109.1 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 153 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 20%, low mountains: 70%, moderate high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Southern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 189 km and direction East).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 72 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.7 km2

35.3%

Nature

6.9 km2

8.8%

Agriculture

34.3 km2

43.6%

Urban area

8.7 km2

11.1%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Racoviţa in country Romania

Racoviţa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	14 km	EastNorthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	65 km	NorthWest
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	131 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Nordul Gorjului de Est	RO	0.1 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Polovragi

Type of weather in Polovragi	broken clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.28 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	05:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:36 Europe/Amsterdam