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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.8301,Lat: 38.9286
Elevation	15 meter above sea level
Local time	17:09:29pm
Name province/region (Regione)	Calabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Catanzaro
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cropani
Other place with same name 1	Difesa Campania - Salerno
Other place with same name 2	Difesa Calabria - Cosenza

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Cropani Marina	2 km	WestSouthWest
2 Botricello	2.8 km	East
3 Villaggio Carrao	3.2 km	SouthWest
4 Sena	4 km	SouthWest
5 Cropani	6 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tirane	Albania	370 km	NorthEast
2 Valletta	Malta	394 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Podgorica	Montenegro	441 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ionian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: 2, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake is Lago del Passante (1.3 km² at a height of around 828 meter above sea level) at a distance of 25.3 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 288.9 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 405 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 21%, low location: 79%, hill: 0%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Catania-Fontanarossa Airport (at a distance of 225 km and direction SouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Crotone Airport (at a distance of 23 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.2 km2

2.2%

Agriculture

51.1 km2

92.4%

Viticulture

0.3 km2

0.6%

Urban area

1.9 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Difesa in country Italy

Difesa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	172 km	WestSouthWest
2 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	193 km	North
3 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	201 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Foce del Crocchio - Cropani	IT	1.1 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

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Current weather at Botricello

Type of weather in Botricello	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	74 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 53 minutes
Sunrise :	06:42 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam