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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.614,Lat: 46.2242
Elevation	1120 meter above sea level
Local time	15:49:36pm
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Locarno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gresso

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vergeletto	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
2 Crana	2.3 km	South
3 Russo	2.6 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Vocaglia	2.7 km	SouthWest
5 Mosogno	3.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	120 km	NorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	123 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	292 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 200 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago Maggiore (Langensee) (39.1 km² at a height of around 192 meter above sea level) at a distance of 12.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Gridone with a height of 2188 meter (at a distance of 11.5 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 5.9 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 8.2 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 6%, moderate high mountains: 44%, high mountains: 50%, The hills are mainly southern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 66 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 34 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

64.2 km2

81.7%

Nature

14.3 km2

18.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gresso in country Switzerland

Gresso at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	32 km	East
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	44 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	51 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Canton Ticino

Type of weather in Canton Ticino	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.62 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 7 May 2024:	14 hour and 39 minutes
Sunrise :	06:02 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:41 Europe/Amsterdam