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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	West
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 24.2056,Lat: 57.1014
Elevation	8 meter above sea level
Local time	18:49:09pm
Name province/region (Novads)	Carnikavas novads

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Mežciems	0.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Kalngale	3.5 km	SouthWest
3 Carnikava	5.1 km	NorthEast
4 Ādaži	8.1 km	EastSouthEast
5 Baltezers	8.7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	17 km	South
2 Tallinn	Estonia	260 km	North
3 Vilnius	Lithuania	276 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is very close with only a distance of around 2 km (direction NorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Ķīšezers (16.3 km² at a distance of 6 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Lithuanian border with a straight distance of 83.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 117 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 33%, low location: 67%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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 24 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

37.9 km2

66%

Nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Wet nature

0.3 km2

0.5%

Agriculture

15.6 km2

27.2%

Urban area

2.1 km2

3.7%

Rock-Sand

1.3 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Garciems in country Latvia

Garciems at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	17 km	South
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	250 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	251 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Piejura	LV	0.4 km	NorthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Garciems
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Carnikava

Type of weather in Carnikava	light snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.49 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South West
Air pressure:	985 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	7 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:18 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:00 Europe/Amsterdam