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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6535,Lat: 47.6535
Elevation	459 meter above sea level
Local time	13:57:24pm
Name province/region	Zürich
Name Subregion	Andelfingen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Benken (ZH)

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Wildensbuch	1.7 km	East
2 Rudolfingen	2.1 km	SouthEast
3 Uhwiesen	2.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Marthalen	3.1 km	South
5 Dachsen	3.3 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	87 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	121 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	287 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 358 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Untersee (15.3 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schaffhausen with a height of 403 meter (at a distance of 5.2 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 1.9 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 2.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 88%, low mountains: 12%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 23 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.3 km2

29.6%

Nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

40.9 km2

52.1%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.3%

Urban area

12 km2

15.3%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Benken (ZH) in country Switzerland

Benken (ZH) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	31 km	East
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	54 km	SouthWest
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	60 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Laufen-Uhwiesen

Type of weather in Laufen-Uhwiesen	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	49 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 23 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:34 Europe/Amsterdam