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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -7.5692,Lat: 41.0499
Elevation	784 meter above sea level
Local time	3:25:34am
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Viseu
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Tabuaço
Name	Arcos
Other place with same name 1	Arcos Continente - Aveiro
Other place with same name 2	Arcos Galicia - Ourense
Other place with same name 3	Arcos Galicia - Ourense - Vilamartín de Valdeorras
Other place with same name 4	Arcos Castilla y León - Burgos

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sendim	2.7 km	SouthEast
2 Cabaços	3.9 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Chavães	4 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Granja do Tedo	4.2 km	NorthWest
5 Castelo	4.9 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	288 km	SouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	338 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	580 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 90 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Duero main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Albufeira do Vilar (6.1 km² at a height of around 551 meter above sea level) at a distance of 7.5 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 53.9 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 75 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 9%, low mountains: 55%, moderate high mountains: 36%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Beira Alta

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 96 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 28 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

8.2 km2

10.5%

Nature

37.8 km2

48.1%

Agriculture

28.9 km2

36.7%

Viticulture

3.5 km2

4.4%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.3%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Arcos in country Portugal

Arcos at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	20 km	WestNorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	75 km	NorthWest
3 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	87 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rio Paiva	PT	15 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Sendim

Type of weather in Sendim	clear sky
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.61 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1030 mb
Humidity:	77 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	9 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	08:50 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:03 Europe/Amsterdam