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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -6.939,Lat: 41.0276
Elevation	223 meter above sea level
Local time	16:03:11pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Guarda
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Figueira de Castelo Rodrigo
Name	Escalhão

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ligares	7.1 km	North
2 Poiares	7.4 km	EastNorthEast
3 La Fregeneda	7.5 km	SouthEast
4 Escalhão	8.8 km	South
5 Urros	9.4 km	NorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	285 km	EastSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	314 km	SouthWest
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	560 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 143 km (direction West).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 de Saucelle (2.2 km² at a distance of 11.5 km in Eastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 0.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 1.1 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 20%, hill: 67%, low mountains: 13%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Douro

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vila Real Airport (at a distance of 72 km in NorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

1.3 km2

1.7%

Nature

32.4 km2

41.3%

Agriculture

39.9 km2

50.8%

Viticulture

1.3 km2

1.7%

Water - Lakes

3.5 km2

4.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Barca d' Alva in country Portugal

Barca d' Alva at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Rock Art Sites in the Côa Valley and Siega Verde	Portugal,Spain	44 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Alto Douro Wine Region	Portugal	73 km	WestNorthWest
3 Old City of Salamanca	Spain	108 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Douro Internacional e Vale do Águeda	PT	0 km	East

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Almendra

Type of weather in Almendra	few clouds
Current temperature:	27 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.17 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	32 %
Daylength at 8 May 2024:	14 hour and 15 minutes
Sunrise :	07:16 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:31 Europe/Amsterdam