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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.17,Lat: 46.7274
Elevation	609 meter above sea level
Local time	22:16:47pm
Name province/region	Bern
Name Subregion	Interlaken-Oberhasli
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Meiringen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Hausen	1 km	North
2 Meiringen	1 km	East
3 Willigen	2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Hohfluh	2.6 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Goldern	2.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	61 km	WestNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	113 km	EastNorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	337 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 259 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lungerersee (1.8 km² at a height of around 688 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.4 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Brünigpass with a height of 1008 meter (at a distance of 4.1 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 34.1 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 48 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 23%, moderate high mountains: 41%, high mountains: 36%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 86 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

41 km2

52.2%

Nature

12.7 km2

16.1%

Agriculture

21.1 km2

26.8%

Urban area

2.3 km2

2.9%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.7%

Rock-Sand

1 km2

1.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Balm in country Switzerland

Balm at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	27 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	60 km	WestNorthWest
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	61 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Meiringen

Type of weather in Meiringen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	14 hour and 28 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam