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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.4206,Lat: 46.9738
Elevation	438 meter above sea level
Local time	17:08:17pm
Name province/region	Nidwalden
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Buochs

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ennetbürgen	1.4 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Oberdorf (NW)	3.9 km	WestSouthWest
3 Beckenried	4.2 km	East
4 Büren nid dem Bach	4.3 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Stans	4.5 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	74 km	West
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	86 km	EastNorthEast
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	339 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 284 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 is Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.5 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vierwaldstätter See with a height of 434 meter (at a distance of 12.2 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 56.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 79 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 48%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 22%, high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly flatern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 55 km and direction North).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.2 km2

25.7%

Nature

1.7 km2

2.1%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.4%

Agriculture

25.2 km2

32.1%

Urban area

6.3 km2

8.1%

Infrastructure

2.5 km2

3.2%

Water - Lakes

22.3 km2

28.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Buochs in country Switzerland

Buochs at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	38 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	60 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	64 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Buochs

Type of weather in Buochs	broken clouds
Current temperature:	20 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.09 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	56 %
Daylength at 5 May 2024:	14 hour and 38 minutes
Sunrise :	06:04 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam