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General information - Location

Country	Scotland
Part of	United Kingdom
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	West Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.5167,Lat: 55.0557
Elevation	28 meter above sea level
Local time	14:33:49pm
Name province/region (Country)	Scotland
Wiki-website Subregion (Council Area)	Dumfries and Galloway
Name	Lochar

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Collin	1.7 km	North
2 Cleughbrae	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 Mouswald	4 km	SouthEast
4 Torthorwald	4.2 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Kingholm Quay	5.5 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Glasgow	Scotland	95 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Douglas	Isle-of-man	118 km	SouthWest
3 Belfast	Northern-ireland	163 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Irish Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 6 km (direction WestSouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Solway Tweed. The nearest bigger lake is Loch Ken (8 km² at a distance of 30.9 km in Western direction).

The most nearby international border is the English-Scotish border with a straight distance of 29.5 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 41 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 6%, low location: 89%, hill: 5%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Edinburgh Airport (at a distance of 100 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

10.9 km2

13.9%

Nature

9.8 km2

12.5%

Wet nature

0.7 km2

0.9%

Agriculture

54.2 km2

69.1%

Urban area

2.7 km2

3.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Racks in country Scotland

Racks at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Frontiers of the Roman Empire	Germany,United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	59 km	EastSouthEast
2 New Lanark	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	North
3 The English Lake District	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	70 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Torthorwald

Type of weather in Torthorwald	broken clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.11 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	996 mb
Humidity:	69 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	08:58 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:01 Europe/Amsterdam