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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.1973,Lat: 42.1525
Elevation	1156 meter above sea level
Local time	20:15:42pm
Name province/region	Castilla y León
Name Subregion	Burgos
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riocavado de la Sierra

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barbadillo de Herreros	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
2 Barbadillo del Pez	4.5 km	SouthWest
3 Huerta de Abajo	6 km	SouthEast
4 Monterrubio de la Demanda	7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Vizcaínos	8 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	195 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Andorra	Andorra	391 km	East
3 Lisboa	Portugal	626 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 131 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Pisuerga, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Arlanzón (1.3 km² at a height of around 1143 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.1 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is San Lorenzo with a height of 2262 meter (at a distance of 20.3 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 173.8 km in NorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 243 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 78%, high mountains: 22%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 188 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Burgos Airport (at a distance of 42 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

50.3 km2

64%

Nature

20.4 km2

26%

Agriculture

7.9 km2

10%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riocavado de la Sierra in country Spain

Riocavado de la Sierra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 San Millán Yuso and Suso Monasteries	Spain	33 km	EastNorthEast
2 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	38 km	NorthWest
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	47 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra de la Demanda - ZEPA	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 Riocavado de la Sierra

Type of weather in Riocavado de la Sierra	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.9 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	14 hour and 43 minutes
Sunrise :	06:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:30 Europe/Amsterdam