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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.655,Lat: 46.3952
Elevation	1006 meter above sea level
Local time	19:10:07pm
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Vallemaggia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lavizzara

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sornico	0.3 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Peccia	1.5 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Broglio	2.1 km	South
4 S. Carlo	3.6 km	WestNorthWest
5 Menzonio	4 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	106 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	111 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	311 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 219 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 del Sambuco (1.1 km² at a height of around 1460 meter above sea level) at a distance of 6.7 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Basòdino with a height of 3272 meter (at a distance of 14.5 km and direction West). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.2 km in Western direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 6%, moderate high mountains: 33%, high mountains: 62%, The hills are mainly western 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 85 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 48 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

48.8 km2

62.2%

Nature

24.7 km2

31.4%

Agriculture

1.8 km2

2.3%

Rock-Sand

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Prato in country Switzerland

Prato 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	36 km	SouthEast
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	49 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	60 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Vallemaggia District

Type of weather in Vallemaggia District	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.64 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1015 mb
Humidity:	98 %
Daylength at 6 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:03 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam