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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.78,Lat: 46.494
Elevation	1453 meter above sea level
Local time	8:21:34am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Leventina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Faido

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mairengo	0.7 km	SouthEast
2 Calpiogna	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Dalpe	2.2 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Prato (Leventina)	2.2 km	SouthWest
5 Faido	2.4 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	91 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	114 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	324 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 229 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 Ritom (1.5 km² at a height of around 1849 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.7 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pizzo Centrale with a height of 2999 meter (at a distance of 15.8 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 24.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 4%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 64%, 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
Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 55 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.5 km2

50.3%

Nature

22.7 km2

29%

Agriculture

6.4 km2

8.1%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.4%

Rock-Sand

6.9 km2

8.8%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Osco in country Switzerland

Osco 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	38 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	57 km	West
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	59 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Faido

Type of weather in Faido	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1024 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 29 April 2024:	14 hour and 18 minutes
Sunrise :	06:13 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:30 Europe/Amsterdam