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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.6839,Lat: 40.9229
Elevation	1124 meter above sea level
Local time	23:38:50pm
Name province/region	Comunidad de Madrid
Name Subregion	Madrid
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Garganta de los Montes

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gargantilla del Lozoya	4.7 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Canencia	5 km	West
3 Lozoyuela	5.2 km	East
4 Valdemanco	6 km	South
5 Pinilla de Buitrago	6.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	55 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	467 km	EastNorthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	523 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 271 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 Ríosequillo (3.1 km² at a height of around 1009 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.2 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cabeza de Hierro with a height of 2383 meter (at a distance of 13.4 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 223.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 313 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 86%, high mountains: 14%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 51 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.3 km2

10.5%

Nature

63.5 km2

80.8%

Agriculture

3.1 km2

3.9%

Urban area

0.7 km2

0.9%

Rock-Sand

2.5 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

0.6 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Garganta de los Montes in country Spain

Garganta de los Montes at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Old Town of Segovia and its Aqueduct	Spain	37 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid	Spain	53 km	SouthWest
3 University and Historic Precinct of Alcalá de Henares	Spain	56 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Cuenca del río Lozoya y Sierra Norte	ES	2.7 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Garganta de los Montes

Type of weather in Garganta de los Montes	light rain
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.89 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 30 April 2024:	13 hour and 56 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:09 Europe/Amsterdam