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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.0303,Lat: 42.4131
Elevation	391 meter above sea level
Local time	0:30:50am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vilamartín de Valdeorras

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valdegodos	1.3 km	West
2 Córgomo	1.6 km	North
3 A Proba	1.6 km	East
4 A Portela	2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Vilamartín	2.5 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	360 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	443 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	704 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 126 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 San Martín (Encoro de San Martiño) (3 km² at a height of around 296 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 47.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 67 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 40%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 24%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 126 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 68 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.9 km2

30.4%

Nature

28.5 km2

36.3%

Agriculture

22.2 km2

28.3%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arcos in country Spain

Arcos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	22 km	East
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	80 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	113 km	NorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Macizo Central	ES	6.4 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at O Barco de Valdeorras

Type of weather in O Barco de Valdeorras	broken clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.55 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam