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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.7795,Lat: 42.1878
Elevation	35 meter above sea level
Local time	10:53:56am
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vigo

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Igrexa	0.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 As Laxes	0.1 km	NorthNorthWest
3 As Roteas	0.4 km	West
4 A Tintureira	0.6 km	EastSouthEast
5 Tarrío	0.6 km	NorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	385 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	473 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	737 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Melcas lies at the Atlantic Ocean (direction NorthNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Galician Coast. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Eiras (1.5 km² at a height of around 241 meter above sea level) at a distance of 28.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 19.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 5%, low location: 63%, hill: 32%, low mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is urban.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 84 km and direction NorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 13 km in Eastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21 km2

38.7%

Nature

1.8 km2

3.3%

Agriculture

8.3 km2

15.2%

Urban area

22.5 km2

41.4%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melcas in country Spain

Melcas at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	78 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	79 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	93 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Espacio marino de las Rías Baixas de Galicia	ES	1.9 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alcabre

Type of weather in Alcabre	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1007 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:38 Europe/Amsterdam