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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9516,Lat: 46.1306
Elevation	2263 meter above sea level
Local time	23:40:34pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Visp
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saas-Grund

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saas-Grund	1.4 km	SouthWest
2 Saas-Balen	3.1 km	NorthWest
3 Saas-Fee	3.2 km	SouthWest
4 Saas-Almagell	4.1 km	South
5 Eisten	9 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	99 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	164 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	269 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 199 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Stausee Mattmark (1.6 km² at a height of around 2196 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pizzo d'Andolla with a height of 3656 meter (at a distance of 7.3 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 7.2 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 10.1 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 0%, high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.7 km2

21.2%

Nature

17.8 km2

22.6%

Agriculture

2.2 km2

2.8%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

33.5 km2

42.7%

Ice - Glacier

7 km2

8.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Triftalp in country Switzerland

Triftalp at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	41 km	North
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	75 km	South
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	79 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saas-Grund

Type of weather in Saas-Grund	light snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.33 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 3 May 2024:	14 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	06:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:38 Europe/Amsterdam