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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.0059,Lat: 42.9761
Elevation	1089 meter above sea level
Local time	2:54:51am
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riaño

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Burón	6.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Boca de Huérgano	6.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Prioro	9.9 km	South
4 Acebedo	11.5 km	NorthWest
5 Crémenes	13.7 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	305 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	538 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	581 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Riaño (23 km² at a height of around 1099 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Negra with a height of 2124 meter (at a distance of 11.2 km and direction SouthSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 169.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 238 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 88%, high mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southern 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 278 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 68 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

35 km2

44.6%

Nature

21.8 km2

27.8%

Agriculture

1.7 km2

2.1%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Rock-Sand

2.8 km2

3.5%

Water - Lakes

16.8 km2

21.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riaño in country Spain

Riaño 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	81 km	NorthWest
2 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	85 km	EastNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	122 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Picos de Europa en Castilla y León	ES	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riaño

Type of weather in Riaño	light rain
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.27 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 21 September 2024:	12 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	08:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:19 Europe/Amsterdam