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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 25.591,Lat: 45.2194
Elevation	752 meter above sea level
Local time	3:49:07am
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Prahova
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Talea
Other place with same name 1	Plaiu Prahova - Proviţa de Sus

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Talea	2.1 km	West
2 Ocina de Sus	3 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Ghioşeşti	3.6 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Comarnic	4.3 km	NorthEast
5 Podu Lung	4.3 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bucureşti	Romania	96 km	SouthEast
2 Chişinău	Moldova	324 km	NorthEast
3 София (Sоfiya)	Bulgaria	337 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 259 km (direction East).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Ialomita, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Paltinu (2.1 km² at a distance of 11 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vârful Caraiman with a height of 2284 meter (at a distance of 21.4 km and direction NorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Romanian-Bulgarian border with a straight distance of 143.6 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 201 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 0%, low mountains: 75%, moderate high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Outer Eastern Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Henri Coanda International Airport (at a distance of 82 km and direction SouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Bra?ov-Ghimbav International Airport (U.C.) (at a distance of 54 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

31.5 km2

40.1%

Nature

12.6 km2

16%

Agriculture

24.9 km2

31.7%

Urban area

8.8 km2

11.2%

Water - Lakes

0.9 km2

1.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Plaiu in country Romania

Plaiu at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Villages with Fortified Churches in Transylvania	Romania	120 km	NorthWest
2 Monastery of Horezu	Romania	124 km	WestSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	127 km	NorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Bucegi	RO	6 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Talea

Type of weather in Talea	light snow
Current temperature:	-2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1011 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 17 minutes
Sunrise :	06:25 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:42 Europe/Amsterdam