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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.4491,Lat: 48.5295
Elevation	381 meter above sea level
Local time	21:07:23pm
Name province/region (Kraj)	Banskobystrický kraj
Wiki-website Subregion (Okres)	Detva
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kriváň

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Podkriváň	1.8 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Korytárky	2.4 km	NorthEast
3 Detva	3.7 km	NorthWest
4 Stožok	6.7 km	West
5 Píla	7 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	118 km	South
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	180 km	WestSouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	231 km	WestSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 518 km (direction SouthWest).The coastline is located in another country namely Croatia.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Danube main upper 4 - Ipel, Hron, part of the larger catchment area Danube Region Basin District. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is vodná nádrž Hriňová (0.5 km² at a distance of 10.3 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Poľana with a height of 1458 meter (at a distance of 12.3 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Hungarian border with a straight distance of 33.8 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 47 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 65%, low mountains: 34%, moderate high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Inner Western Carpathians

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (at a distance of 123 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Sliac Airport (at a distance of 26 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15.1 km2

19.3%

Nature

1.3 km2

1.6%

Agriculture

57.8 km2

73.5%

Urban area

4.1 km2

5.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Kriváň in country Slovakia

Kriváň at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Historic Town of Banská Štiavnica and the Technical Monuments in its Vicinity	Slovakia	41 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	58 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings	Hungary	60 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Polana	SK	1.5 km	WestSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Kriváň
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Detva

Type of weather in Detva	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.31 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	1003 mb
Humidity:	75 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	8 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	06:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:56 Europe/Amsterdam