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Ala

General information - Location

CountryEstonia
Location in country South
Location in Europe North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)Long: 25.6945,Lat: 58.0119 marker
Elevation116 meter above sea level
Local time13:46:08pm
Name province/region (Maakond)Valgamaa
Wiki-website Vald (Vald)Helme
Other place with same name 1 Ala Continente - Bragança
Other place with same name 2 Ala Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol - Trento

Nearest 5 places
Placename Distance Direction
1 Taagepera2.6 km SouthSouthWest
2 Linna9.3 km EastNorthEast
3 Lilli9.5 km WestSouthWest
4 Kirikuküla11.1 km East
5 Sudiste11.1 km NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals
Capitalname Country Distance Direction
1 Rīga   Latvia150 km SouthSouthWest
2 TallinnEstonia168 km NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki   Finland245 km NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 72 km (direction West).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Emajogi, part of the larger catchment area Narva. The nearest bigger lake is Tündre (0.6 km2 at a height of around 88 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Rutu with a height of 145 meter (at a distance of 4.2 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 8 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.3 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Riga International Airport (at a distance of 159 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 67 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

 Forest   50.3 km2 
 64.1% 
 Nature   9.9 km2 
 12.6% 
 Wet nature   0.5 km2 
 0.6% 
 Agriculture   17.4 km2 
 22.1% 
 Urban area   0.5 km2 
 0.6% 

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Ala in country Estonia


Ala at Physical map (height map)

Height map of Ala Estonia Location marker for Ala

© GTOPO30 DEM courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey


Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites
Name Country Distance Direction
1 Struve Geodetic ArcBelarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine122 km North
2 Historic Centre of RigaLatvia151 km SouthSouthWest
3 Churches of the Pskov School of ArchitectureRussian Federation157 km East

Nearest Natura2000-area
Sitename Country Distance Direction
RutuEE2.7 km NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)


Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Karksi vald

Type of weather in Karksi valdovercast clouds weericoon
Current temperature: 11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours : No precipitation
Wind: 5.87 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction: West South West
Air pressure: 1001 mb
Humidity: 66 %
Daylength at 10 October 2026:10 hour and 48 minutes
Sunrise :06:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :17:27 Europe/Amsterdam

Weather coming 24 hours

Karksi vald - EE (longitude: 25.6945, latitude: 58.0119)
Distance weather station to place (direction