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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.6655,Lat: 49.4122
Elevation	487 meter above sea level
Local time	9:31:41am
Name province/region	Žilinský kraj
Name Subregion	Čadca
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Podvysoká

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Olešná	0.6 km	North
2 Staškov	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Turzovka	3.2 km	WestSouthWest
4 Dlhá nad Kysucou	3.9 km	South
5 Zákopčie	4 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	182 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	215 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	215 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 538 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vah, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodní nádrž Šance (2.6 km² at a height of around 506 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lysá hora with a height of 1323 meter (at a distance of 21.7 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Czech border with a straight distance of 9.5 km in NorthNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.3 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Polish Czech Solvakian tripoint with a straight distance of 17.9 km (direction NorthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 21%, low mountains: 79%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Outer Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 110 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

34.9 km2

44.4%

Nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

35.5 km2

45.2%

Urban area

7.1 km2

9.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Podvysoká in country Slovakia

Podvysoká at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	61 km	SouthEast
2 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	65 km	East
3 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	79 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Predmieranka	SK	5.2 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Turzovka

Type of weather in Turzovka	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	59 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	05:21 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:03 Europe/Amsterdam