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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.3657,Lat: 42.6073
Elevation	708 meter above sea level
Local time	22:06:06pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Torre del Bierzo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Ribera de Folgoso	2.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Las Ventas de Albares	2.1 km	West
3 Santa Marina de Torre	3.3 km	SouthEast
4 Torre del Bierzo	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Viloria	3.7 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	333 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	486 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	649 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 105 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Medium - Sil, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Bárcena (9 km² at a height of around 624 meter above sea level) at a distance of 13.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Guiana with a height of 1850 meter (at a distance of 19.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 73.1 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 102 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 57%, moderate high mountains: 43%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 171 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 58 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.8 km2

39.2%

Nature

12.5 km2

15.9%

Agriculture

28.8 km2

36.6%

Viticulture

1.1 km2

1.4%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.8%

Infrastructure

1.3 km2

1.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Albares de la Ribera in country Spain

Albares de la Ribera at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	36 km	WestSouthWest
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	81 km	North
3 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	94 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Omaña	ES	20 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torre del Bierzo

Type of weather in Torre del Bierzo	clear sky
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1001 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam