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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.6097,Lat: 57.8165
Elevation	61 meter above sea level
Local time	11:18:23am
Name province/region	Valkas novads
Name Subregion	Kārķu

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Naukšēni	11.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Ērģeme	12.3 km	East
3 Ēvele	14 km	South
4 Jērcēni	14.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Rencēni	14.4 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Rīga	Latvia	130 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Tallinn	Estonia	187 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Helsinki	Finland	266 km	NorthNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 72 km (direction West).The coastline is located in another country namely Estonia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Gauja. The nearest bigger lake is Tündre (0.6 km² at a height of around 88 meter above sea level) at a distance of 14.6 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Estonian border with a straight distance of 10.6 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 15 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly southern 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 140 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Tartu Airport (at a distance of 84 km in NorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.1 km2

48.5%

Nature

7.6 km2

9.7%

Wet nature

0.2 km2

0.3%

Agriculture

31.9 km2

40.5%

Urban area

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kārķi in country Latvia

Kārķi at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	131 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Struve Geodetic Arc	Belarus,Estonia,Finland, Latvia,Lithuania,Norway, Republic of Moldova,Russian Federation, Sweden,Ukraine	145 km	North
3 Churches of the Pskov School of Architecture	Russian Federation	161 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Karku purvs	LV	4 km	EastNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Rūjiena

Type of weather in Rūjiena	clear sky
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	43 %
Daylength at 18 May 2024:	16 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	03:47 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:40 Europe/Amsterdam