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General information - Location

Country	Portugal
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.6308,Lat: 41.424
Elevation	61 meter above sea level
Local time	20:52:07pm
Name province/region	Continente
Name Subregion	Braga
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Barcelos
Name	Macieira de Rates

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Carreiro	0.3 km	WestSouthWest
2 Aldeia Nova	0.6 km	SouthEast
3 Monte	1 km	NorthEast
4 Gestrins	1.2 km	SouthWest
5 Modeste	1.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	302 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	EastSouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	655 km	SouthSouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 12 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Cavado, Ave and Leca. 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 40.8 km in Southern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 53.8 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 75 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 99%, hill: 1%, 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
Entre Douro e Minho

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (at a distance of 20 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

20.5 km2

26.1%

Nature

6.2 km2

7.8%

Agriculture

48.4 km2

61.6%

Viticulture

0.2 km2

0.2%

Urban area

3.3 km2

4.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Rio in country Portugal

Rio at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	25 km	EastNorthEast
2 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	28 km	East
3 Historic Centre of Oporto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar	Portugal	31 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Litoral Norte	PT	13 km	NorthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Macieira de Rates

Type of weather in Macieira de Rates	light rain
Current temperature:	15 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.95 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	West South West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	83 %
Daylength at 21 May 2024:	14 hour and 42 minutes
Sunrise :	07:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:52 Europe/Amsterdam