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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 18.6626,Lat: 49.2586
Elevation	340 meter above sea level
Local time	7:35:01am
Name province/region	Žilinský kraj
Name Subregion	Žilina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Horný Hričov

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Svederník	1.3 km	WestNorthWest
2 Divinka	2.7 km	East
3 Dolný Hričov	3.6 km	SouthSouthWest
4 Ovčiarsko	3.8 km	South
5 Divina	4.7 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	169 km	SouthWest
2 Budapest	Hungary	198 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Wien	Austria	205 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 539 km (direction SouthSouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Vah, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Hričov (1.4 km² at a distance of 1.4 km in Eastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Minčol with a height of 1364 meter (at a distance of 19.2 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Czech border with a straight distance of 21.3 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 30 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 74%, low mountains: 26%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Outer Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Kraków John Paul II International Airport (at a distance of 122 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.5 km2

51.6%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

27.6 km2

35.2%

Urban area

5.2 km2

6.7%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Horný Hričov in country Slovakia

Horný Hričov at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	51 km	EastSouthEast
2 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	66 km	EastNorthEast
3 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	90 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Strazovske vrchy	SK	4.8 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Veľká Kotešová

Type of weather in Veľká Kotešová	light rain
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1013 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 19 May 2024:	15 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	04:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:27 Europe/Amsterdam