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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.0054,Lat: 45.5177
Elevation	426 meter above sea level
Local time	22:09:27pm
Name province/region	Hunedoara
Name Subregion	Sălaşu de Sus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Băieşti	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ruşor	2.1 km	NorthEast
3 Zăvoi	2.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Râu Mic	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Sălaşu de Jos	3.2 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	216 km	WestSouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	271 km	EastSouthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	314 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 462 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mures, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Haţeg (2 km² at a distance of 8.9 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Retezat with a height of 2482 meter (at a distance of 19.3 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 99.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 139 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 67%, low mountains: 33%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern 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 Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (at a distance of 226 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.3 km2

11.8%

Nature

13.2 km2

16.8%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.2%

Agriculture

48.9 km2

62.3%

Viticulture

1.2 km2

1.6%

Urban area

4.3 km2

5.4%

Water - Lakes

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Râu Alb in country Romania

Râu Alb at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	27 km	NorthEast
2 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	87 km	EastSouthEast
3 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	88 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Strei - Ha?eg	RO	1.3 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sălaşu de Sus

Type of weather in Sălaşu de Sus	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.43 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 35 minutes
Sunrise :	05:07 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:41 Europe/Amsterdam