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General information - Location

Country	Austria
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 13.5929,Lat: 47.0315
Elevation	1227 meter above sea level
Local time	4:15:33am
Name province/region (Bundesland)	Kärnten
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirkshauptmannschaft)	Spittal an der Drau
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Rennweg am Katschberg
Other place with same name 1	Gries Rheinland-Pfalz -
Other place with same name 2	Gries Alsace - Bas-Rhin
Other place with same name 3	Gries Oberösterreich - Vöcklabruck
Other place with same name 4	Gries Oberösterreich - Vöcklabruck - Sankt Lorenz
Other place with same name 5	Gries Tirol - Imst

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sankt Peter	0.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Oberdorf	0.9 km	WestNorthWest
3 Sankt Georgen	2 km	EastSouthEast
4 Rennweg am Katschberg	2.1 km	SouthEast
5 Schellgaden	5.6 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Ljubljana	Slovenia	129 km	SouthEast
2 Zagreb	Croatia	228 km	EastSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	247 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 136 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Drau, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake is Unterer Rotgüldensee (0.4 km² at a height of around 1732 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.5 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Katschberg with a height of 1641 meter (at a distance of 3.5 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Austrian border with a straight distance of 52.1 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 73 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 19%, high mountains: 81%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Zentralalpen - zentraler Teil

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Ljubljana Jože Pucnik Airport (at a distance of 111 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Klagenfurt Airport (at a distance of 71 km in SouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38 km2

48.4%

Nature

29.6 km2

37.7%

Agriculture

8 km2

10.2%

Urban area

1.8 km2

2.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gries in country Austria

Gries at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape	Austria	59 km	North
2 Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg	Austria	95 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Longobards in Italy. Places of the Power (568-774 A.D.)	Italy	105 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Inneres Pöllatal	AT	4.6 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sankt Margarethen im Lungau

Type of weather in Sankt Margarethen im Lungau	light snow
Current temperature:	-3 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.16 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	991 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	07:19 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:24 Europe/Amsterdam