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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 27.0388,Lat: 55.8569
Elevation	159 meter above sea level
Local time	2:12:52am
Name province/region (Novads)	Krāslavas novads
Wiki-website Subregion (Pagasts)	Kaplavas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tartaks	5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Borovka	7.4 km	NorthWest
3 Krāslava	9.2 km	NorthEast
4 Augstkalne	9.4 km	NorthEast
5 Krāslavas stacija	10 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	171 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	218 km	WestNorthWest
3 Minsk	Belarus	226 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 224 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Daugava main - Lower - Aiviekste, Drysa, part of the larger catchment area Daugava. The nearest bigger lake is озеро Снуды (26.3 km² at a height of around -1 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.3 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Sauleskalns with a height of 211 meter (at a distance of 20 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Belarusian border with a straight distance of 3 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.2 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 176 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.8 km2

44.6%

Nature

7.3 km2

9.9%

Wet nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

29.3 km2

39.9%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

3.3 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kaplava in country Latvia

Kaplava at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	171 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	176 km	SouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	218 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Augsdaugava	LV	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Krāslava

Type of weather in Krāslava	clear sky
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.48 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	7 hour and 45 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	14:51 Europe/Amsterdam