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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.3709,Lat: 37.2405
Elevation	1211 meter above sea level
Local time	17:31:56pm
Name province/region	Andalucía
Name Subregion	Granada
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quéntar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cortijada Padules	4.1 km	South
2 La Peza	8.6 km	EastNorthEast
3 Diezma	9.3 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Quéntar	9.9 km	WestSouthWest
5 Beas de Granada	10.1 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	213 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	354 km	North
3 Lisboa	Portugal	538 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Alboran Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 55 km (direction South).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadalquivir main - Medium - Genil, part of the larger catchment area Andalusia Atlantic Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Quéntar (0.9 km² at a height of around 1040 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pico Veleta with a height of 3398 meter (at a distance of 20.4 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 211.7 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 296 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 56%, high mountains: 44%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Sierra Nevada

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport (at a distance of 118 km and direction WestSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.1 km2

25.6%

Nature

56.3 km2

71.7%

Agriculture

1.5 km2

1.9%

Rock-Sand

0.7 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Tocón in country Spain

Tocón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	21 km	West
2 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	85 km	North
3 Antequera Dolmens Site	Spain	107 km	West

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Barrancos del Río de Aguas Blancas	ES	0.4 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Beas de Granada

Type of weather in Beas de Granada	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	13 hour and 40 minutes
Sunrise :	07:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:00 Europe/Amsterdam