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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.4678,Lat: 41.0791
Elevation	62 meter above sea level
Local time	17:18:18pm
Name province/region (Continente)	Continente
Wiki-website Subregion (Distrito)	Porto
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gondomar
Name	Foz do Sousa e Covelo
Other place with same name 1	Lixa Continente - Porto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Leverinho	0.9 km	North
2 Broalhos	1.2 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Esposade	1.8 km	West
4 Lever	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Ribeira	2.2 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	266 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	413 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	615 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 16 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 Crestuma-Lever (8.3 km² at a height of around 12 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.3 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 85.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 119 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 1%, low location: 92%, hill: 7%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 26 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27.4 km2

34.9%

Nature

29.9 km2

38.1%

Agriculture

14 km2

17.8%

Urban area

3.4 km2

4.3%

Water - Lakes

3.9 km2

4.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lixa in country Portugal

Lixa at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	14 km	NorthWest
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	43 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	53 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valongo	PT	3.3 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lever

Type of weather in Lever	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	16 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.69 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	08:29 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:10 Europe/Amsterdam