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General information - Location

Country	Poland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.9249,Lat: 50.4263
Elevation	272 meter above sea level
Local time	3:15:46am
Name province/region (Województwo)	Śląskie
Wiki-website Subregion (Powiat)	Tarnogórski
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Świerklaniec

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Nakło Śląskie	1.6 km	NorthWest
2 Świerklaniec	1.8 km	EastNorthEast
3 Nowe Chechło	3 km	North
4 Wymysłów	4.9 km	EastSouthEast
5 Radzionków	5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Warszawa	Poland	248 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	286 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	309 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 424 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Wisla main - Upper - Dunajec, part of the larger catchment area Wisla. The nearest bigger lake is Zbiornik Kozłowa Góra (4.7 km² at a distance of 2.7 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Polish-Czech border with a straight distance of 61.6 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 86 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 100%, 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 agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Pozaalpejska Europa Srodkowa - Wyzyna Slasko-Krakowska - Wyzyna Slaska - Garb Tarnogórski

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 72 km and direction EastSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Katowice International Airport (at a distance of 12 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.5 km2

23.6%

Nature

0.6 km2

0.8%

Agriculture

31.6 km2

40.2%

Urban area

19.4 km2

24.6%

Water - Lakes

4.7 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Orzech in country Poland

Orzech at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine and its Underground Water Management System	Poland	5.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940-1945)	Poland	47 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	82 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Podziemia Tarnogórsko-Bytomskie	PL	2.8 km	SouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Orzech

Type of weather in Orzech	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	7 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.6 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1025 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 1 minutes
Sunrise :	07:40 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:41 Europe/Amsterdam