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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.7632,Lat: 42.4899
Elevation	515 meter above sea level
Local time	6:46:36am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Carucedo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Borrenes	3.1 km	East
2 Las Médulas	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Villadepalos	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Paradela del Río	5.5 km	NorthNorthWest
5 Villaverde de la Abadía	5.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	348 km	SouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	460 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	682 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 118 km (direction North).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 is Lago de Carucedo (0.6 km² at a distance of 0.9 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Picón with a height of 2076 meter (at a distance of 24.6 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 55.3 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 77 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 16%, low mountains: 74%, moderate high mountains: 10%, The hills are mainly northern 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 143 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bragança Airport (at a distance of 70 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

46.2 km2

58.8%

Nature

10.7 km2

13.6%

Wet nature

1.2 km2

1.5%

Agriculture

16.9 km2

21.5%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

2.2 km2

2.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carucedo in country Spain

Carucedo at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	2.4 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Roman Walls of Lugo	Spain	88 km	NorthWest
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	98 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montes Aquilanos	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carucedo

Type of weather in Carucedo	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.68 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 22 minutes
Sunrise :	07:12 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:34 Europe/Amsterdam