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General information - Location

Country	Latvia
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	North Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 26.8792,Lat: 55.8251
Elevation	154 meter above sea level
Local time	17:16:20pm
Name province/region	Daugavpils novads
Name Subregion	Salienas

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Červonka	6.6 km	WestSouthWest
2 Tartaks	9 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Silene	10.3 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Skrudaliena	10.4 km	WestSouthWest
5 Kaplava	10.6 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius	Lithuania	162 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Rīga	Latvia	212 km	WestNorthWest
3 Minsk	Belarus	224 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Gulf of Riga is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 219 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 Abiteļu ezers (0.8 km² at a distance of 7.7 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skrudalienas kalns with a height of 201 meter (at a distance of 11.4 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Latvian-Belarusian border with a straight distance of 4.9 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 6.9 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Lithuanian Belarusian Latvian tripoint with a straight distance of 22.4 km (direction SouthSouthWest).
Elevation around place: low location: 100%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Vilnius International Airport (at a distance of 167 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

22.8 km2

29%

Nature

0.8 km2

1.1%

Agriculture

54.3 km2

69.1%

Urban area

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saliena in country Latvia

Saliena at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vilnius Historic Centre	Lithuania	162 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Kernavė Archaeological Site (Cultural Reserve of Kernavė)	Lithuania	166 km	SouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Riga	Latvia	212 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Augsdaugava	LV	0 km	East

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Saliena
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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	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	17 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.35 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	33 %
Daylength at 2 May 2024:	15 hour and 26 minutes
Sunrise :	04:26 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:52 Europe/Amsterdam