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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.6223,Lat: 36.7788
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	23:43:31pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Roquetas de Mar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cañada Sebastiana	1.7 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Roquetas de Mar	2.1 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Barrio de Archilla	2.4 km	NorthEast
4 Las Cabañuelas	2.8 km	North
5 La Gangosa	2.9 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	254 km	West
2 Madrid	Spain	415 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	620 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake is Albufera Nueva (0.6 km² at a height of around 164 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.1 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 253.3 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 355 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 14%, low location: 83%, hill: 2%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 169 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Nature

7.2 km2

11.6%

Agriculture

44.5 km2

71.5%

Urban area

10.3 km2

16.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Rivera in country Spain

La Rivera at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	98 km	NorthWest
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	153 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	175 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bahía de Almería	ES	2 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Roquetas de Mar

Type of weather in Roquetas de Mar	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	78 %
Daylength at 28 April 2024:	13 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:56 Europe/Amsterdam