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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.6351,Lat: 42.7465
Elevation	925 meter above sea level
Local time	9:09:10am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cuadros

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cuadros	4.2 km	SouthSouthWest
2 La Robla	6.4 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Llanos de Alba	6.7 km	North
4 Campo y Santibáñez	7.2 km	South
5 Alcedo de Alba	7.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	307 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	530 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	589 km	EastSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 87 km (direction NorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Selga de Ordas (0.7 km² at a height of around 964 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 115.7 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 162 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 228 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 18 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

42.8 km2

54.4%

Nature

20.9 km2

26.6%

Agriculture

13.9 km2

17.6%

Urban area

0.9 km2

1.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Seca de Alba in country Spain

La Seca de Alba at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	71 km	North
2 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	92 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Las Médulas	Spain	98 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Riberas del Río Esla y afluentes	ES	0.1 km	EastNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Cascantes

Type of weather in Cascantes	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:24 Europe/Amsterdam