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General information - Location

Country	Slovakia
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 19.5238,Lat: 49.3103
Elevation	591 meter above sea level
Local time	11:17:21am
Name province/region (Kraj)	Žilinský kraj
Wiki-website Subregion (Okres)	Tvrdošín
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Nižná
Other place with same name 1	Nižná Trnavský kraj - Piešťany

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Podbiel	2.9 km	WestSouthWest
2 Oravský Biely Potok	3.6 km	SouthEast
3 Tvrdošín	3.7 km	NorthEast
4 Krivá	4.7 km	SouthSouthWest
5 Štefanov nad Oravou	6 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Budapest	Hungary	204 km	South
2 Bratislava - Staré Mesto	Slovakia	221 km	SouthWest
3 Wien	Austria	262 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Baltic Sea is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 547 km (direction North).The coastline is located in another country namely Poland.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 Orava (30.4 km² at a distance of 7.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Skorušina with a height of 1314 meter (at a distance of 12.5 km and direction East). The most nearby international border is the Slovakian-Polish border with a straight distance of 13.5 km in NorthNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 19 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 81%, moderate high mountains: 19%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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 88 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Poprad-Tatry Airport (at a distance of 58 km in EastSouthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

28 km2

35.6%

Nature

8 km2

10.1%

Agriculture

37 km2

47.1%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.7%

Water - Lakes

0.3 km2

0.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Nižná in country Slovakia

Nižná at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area	Slovakia	3.8 km	NorthEast
2 Vlkolínec	Slovakia	35 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Kalwaria Zebrzydowska: the Mannerist Architectural and Park Landscape Complex and Pilgrimage Park	Poland	63 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Orava	SK	0.3 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Tvrdošín

Type of weather in Tvrdošín	snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1028 mb
Humidity:	85 %
Daylength at 24 November 2024:	8 hour and 44 minutes
Sunrise :	07:06 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	15:51 Europe/Amsterdam