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General information - Location

Country	Romania
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	East Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 23.5024,Lat: 47.1743
Elevation	467 meter above sea level
Local time	18:35:58pm
Name province/region (Judeţ)	Sălaj
Wiki-website Subregion (Comună)	Zalha

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Valea Lungă	1 km	SouthEast
2 Zalha	2.8 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Poiana Onţii	3.1 km	WestNorthWest
4 Osoi	3.2 km	SouthEast
5 Bezded	3.5 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	336 km	West
2 Београд (Beograd)	Serbia	356 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Bucureşti	Romania	364 km	SouthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Black Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 502 km (direction East).The coastline is located in another country namely Ukraine.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Somes, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Vârşolţ (4.3 km² at a distance of 42.6 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the Ukranian-Romanian border with a straight distance of 88.4 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 124 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 89%, low mountains: 11%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Transylvanian Plateau

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Lviv International Airport (at a distance of 296 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Cluj-Napoca International Airport (at a distance of 45 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.2 km2

19.3%

Nature

3.3 km2

4.2%

Agriculture

54.5 km2

69.4%

Urban area

5.5 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Vârteşca in country Romania

Vârteşca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wooden Churches of Maramureş	Romania	83 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Roșia Montană Mining Landscape	Romania	101 km	South
3 Historic Centre of Sighişoara	Romania	144 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Lozna	RO	8.8 km	NorthNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Zalha

Type of weather in Zalha	broken clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South West
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 6 minutes
Sunrise :	06:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:45 Europe/Amsterdam