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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.4855,Lat: 45.1839
Elevation	620 meter above sea level
Local time	18:13:09pm
Name province/region	Vâlcea
Name Subregion	Runcu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Surpaţi	2.1 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Drăgăneşti	3 km	South
3 Urluieşti	3.3 km	NorthEast
4 Gropeni	3.5 km	WestSouthWest
5 Runcu	3.6 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	152 km	EastSouthEast
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	293 km	South
3 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	320 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 341 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 Dăeşti (1.6 km² at a distance of 6.8 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Cozia with a height of 1668 meter (at a distance of 18.8 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 153.6 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 215 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 28%, low mountains: 72%, The hills are mainly southern 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 143 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sibiu International Airport (at a distance of 73 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28.4 km2

36.1%

Nature

5.1 km2

6.5%

Agriculture

40.7 km2

51.8%

Urban area

4.4 km2

5.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Valea Babei in country Romania

Valea Babei at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	37 km	West
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	104 km	WestNorthWest
3 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	108 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valea Oltului Inferior	RO	12 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Runcu

Type of weather in Runcu	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.47 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 20 minutes
Sunrise :	05:09 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:28 Europe/Amsterdam