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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8467,Lat: 46.2092
Elevation	1009 meter above sea level
Local time	0:33:05am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Locarno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Mergoscia

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Berzona	1.1 km	EastNorthEast
2 Vogorno	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Contra	2.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 San Bartolomeo	2.5 km	North
5 Corippo	3 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	116 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	135 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	297 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 198 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 (reservoir) is Lago di Vogorno (1.5 km² at a height of around 469 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.4 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bellinzona with a height of 229 meter (at a distance of 14.2 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 8%, hill: 14%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 37%, high mountains: 26%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Insubrische Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard insubrien des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 65 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 23 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

47.8 km2

60.9%

Nature

15.4 km2

19.5%

Agriculture

1.4 km2

1.7%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.7%

Urban area

6.7 km2

8.5%

Rock-Sand

0.2 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Mergoscia in country Switzerland

Mergoscia 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	14 km	East
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	36 km	South
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	36 km	SouthEast

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Filming Location	IMDB Mergoscia
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gordola

Type of weather in Gordola	light rain
Current temperature:	13 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 36 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:39 Europe/Amsterdam