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General information - Location

Country	Bulgaria
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.4256,Lat: 43.7103
Elevation	39 meter above sea level
Local time	4:14:11am
Name province/region (Област)	Плевен
Wiki-website Subregion (Община)	Долна Митрополия
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Байкал

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Искър (Iskar)	4.8 km	SouthEast
2 Гиген (Gigen)	5 km	East
3 Orlea	6.6 km	NorthWest
4 Orlea Nouă	7.5 km	WestNorthWest
5 Крушовене (Krushоvene)	7.7 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	145 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Bucureşti	Romania	157 km	NorthEast
3 Приштина	Kosovo	291 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 280 km (direction EastSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main lower 1 - Ogosta, Iskar, Vit, Osum, Yantra, Rusenski Lom, Vedea, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Izbiceni (13.8 km² at a distance of 23.6 km in NorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 3 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Danubian Plain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Sofia Airport (at a distance of 140 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.7 km2

20%

Nature

1.8 km2

2.3%

Agriculture

47.8 km2

60.8%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.6%

Urban area

4.8 km2

6.1%

Water - Lakes

8 km2

10.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Baykal (Байкал) in country Bulgaria

Baykal (Байкал) at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rock-Hewn Churches of Ivanovo	Bulgaria	124 km	EastNorthEast
2 Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak	Bulgaria	144 km	SouthEast
3 Boyana Church	Bulgaria	152 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Karaboaz	BG	1.8 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Orlea

Type of weather in Orlea	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.38 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	72 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 55 minutes
Sunrise :	06:51 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:46 Europe/Amsterdam