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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.5046,Lat: 42.0815
Elevation	52 meter above sea level
Local time	16:13:03pm
Name province/region	Galicia
Name Subregion	Pontevedra
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Salvaterra de Miño

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Fontoura	0.2 km	SouthEast
2 A Lagoa	0.5 km	NorthWest
3 O Castelo	0.7 km	East
4 O Casal	1.6 km	NorthEast
5 Monção	2.1 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	375 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	448 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	717 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 25 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Frieira (Encoro de Frieira) (9.9 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.4 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 0.5 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 97%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 91 km and direction NorthNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 20 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

29.1 km2

37%

Nature

5.7 km2

7.2%

Agriculture

33.5 km2

42.6%

Viticulture

3.7 km2

4.7%

Urban area

3.5 km2

4.4%

Water - Lakes

1.9 km2

2.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of O Alto da Fonte in country Spain

O Alto da Fonte 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	60 km	South
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	73 km	South
3 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	89 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	0.2 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Salvatierra de Miño

Type of weather in Salvatierra de Miño	broken clouds
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	62 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	07:28 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:33 Europe/Amsterdam