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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.4421,Lat: 36.7021
Elevation	48 meter above sea level
Local time	10:26:25am
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Motril

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 La Perla de Andalucía	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Calahonda	2.2 km	EastSouthEast
3 Cortijo Moreno	3.3 km	NorthWest
4 Torrenueva	4.2 km	WestNorthWest
5 Puntalón	4.6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	181 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	412 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	556 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Carchuna lies at the Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction SouthSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Rules (4.7 km² at a height of around 249 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.8 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 180.4 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 253 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 12%, low location: 49%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 8%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 95 km and direction West).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.4 km2

3.2%

Nature

18.3 km2

43%

Agriculture

22.1 km2

52%

Urban area

0.4 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

0.4 km2

0.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carchuna in country Spain

Carchuna at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	54 km	North
2 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	106 km	WestNorthWest
3 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	144 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de Gualchos-Castell de Ferro	ES	2.4 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Carchuna
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Motril

Type of weather in Motril	broken clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.45 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	07:22 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:59 Europe/Amsterdam