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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5813,Lat: 40.7669
Elevation	882 meter above sea level
Local time	0:25:02am
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vellón, El

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pedrezuela	3 km	SouthWest
2 Atalaya Real	3 km	West
3 El Molar	3.6 km	South
4 Cotos de Monterrey	3.7 km	NorthNorthWest
5 El Espartal	3.8 km	East

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	38 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	466 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	524 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 287 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Henares, part of the larger catchment area Tagus and Western Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de El Vellón (4.2 km² at a height of around 1088 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.1 km in Western direction).

The nearest mountain is Cabeza de Hierro with a height of 2383 meter (at a distance of 13.6 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 238.2 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 333 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 65%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 33 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

2.6 km2

3.3%

Nature

48.5 km2

61.7%

Agriculture

21.8 km2

27.8%

Urban area

4.6 km2

5.8%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of El Vellón in country Spain

El Vellón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	37 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro, a landscape of Arts and Sciences	Spain	40 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	50 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Guadalix	ES	2.7 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at El Vellón

Type of weather in El Vellón	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.29 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:15 Europe/Amsterdam