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General information - Location

Country	Italy
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 16.029,Lat: 39.383
Elevation	72 meter above sea level
Local time	9:32:53am
Name province/region	Calabria
Name Subregion	Cosenza
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Paola

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 San Miceli	0.8 km	NorthEast
2 Sant'Angelo	0.8 km	East
3 Scarcelli	1.5 km	North
4 San Pietro	2.5 km	North
5 Paola	2.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tirane	Albania	390 km	NorthEast
2 Roma	Italy	408 km	NorthWest
3 Valletta	Malta	408 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

Sotterra lies at the Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Southern Appenines coastal: Sele, part of the larger catchment area Southern Appenines. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago Esaro (4.6 km² at a height of around 143 meter above sea level) at a distance of 29.2 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cozzo Cervello with a height of 1389 meter (at a distance of 5.6 km and direction EastNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Albanian-Greek border with a straight distance of 345.8 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 484 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 3%, low location: 27%, hill: 30%, low mountains: 26%, moderate high mountains: 15%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Naples International Airport (at a distance of 222 km and direction NorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lamezia Terme Airport (at a distance of 56 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.6 km2

51.3%

Nature

5.9 km2

12.8%

Agriculture

12.8 km2

27.9%

Urban area

3.1 km2

6.8%

Rock-Sand

0.5 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Sotterra in country Italy

Sotterra at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cilento and Vallo di Diano National Park with the Archeological Sites of Paestum and Velia, and the Certosa di Padula	Italy	119 km	NorthWest
2 Isole Eolie (Aeolian Islands)	Italy	137 km	SouthWest
3 The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera	Italy	151 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Foresta di Cinquemiglia	IT	6.3 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Paola

Type of weather in Paola	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	18 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 9 May 2024:	14 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	05:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:56 Europe/Amsterdam