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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Southwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 22.9762,Lat: 44.7827
Elevation	195 meter above sea level
Local time	12:10:48pm
Name province/region	Mehedinţi
Name Subregion	Broşteni

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Însurăţei	1.6 km	NorthEast
2 Motru	2.4 km	North
3 Horăşti	2.8 km	EastNorthEast
4 Leurda	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Broşteni	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	199 km	West
2 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	233 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Bucureşti	Romania	251 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 427 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Montenegro.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Jiu, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Mala Vrbica (1.1 km² at a distance of 30.7 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Serbian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 29.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 37%, hill: 63%, The hills are mainly northeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (at a distance of 211 km and direction West).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Craiova Airport (at a distance of 89 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

17.7 km2

22.6%

Nature

2.5 km2

3.2%

Agriculture

47.7 km2

60.6%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.5%

Urban area

8.8 km2

11.1%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Meriş in country Romania

Meriş at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	94 km	NorthEast
2 Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains	Romania	97 km	North
3 Gamzigrad-Romuliana, Palace of Galerius	Serbia	117 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Rul Motru	RO	11 km	NorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Motru

Type of weather in Motru	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.39 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	EastcNorth East
Air pressure:	1021 mb
Humidity:	65 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	14 hour and 54 minutes
Sunrise :	04:57 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	19:51 Europe/Amsterdam