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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.0794,Lat: 37.6897
Elevation	980 meter above sea level
Local time	8:42:52am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Vélez-Blanco
Other place with same name 1	Canales Castilla y León - León
Other place with same name 2	Canales Castilla y León - Avila

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Vélez-Blanco	1.5 km	WestNorthWest
2 Casas de Vela	3.6 km	EastSouthEast
3 Vélez-Rubio	4.5 km	South
4 El Espadín	5.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Fuente del Gato	6.3 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	335 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	336 km	WestSouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	612 km	NorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 52 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Segura. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Valdeinfierno (1.1 km² at a height of around 690 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.3 km in NorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cerro Maimó with a height of 1761 meter (at a distance of 5.4 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 334.9 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 469 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 17%, moderate high mountains: 79%, high mountains: 4%, 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

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (at a distance of 149 km and direction EastNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.6 km2

14.8%

Nature

24.4 km2

31%

Agriculture

41.5 km2

52.8%

Urban area

1.1 km2

1.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Canales in country Spain

Canales at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Renaissance Monumental Ensembles of Úbeda and Baeza	Spain	120 km	WestNorthWest
2 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	135 km	EastNorthEast
3 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	145 km	WestSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Maria - Los Vélez	ES	1.4 km	West

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velez Blanco

Type of weather in Velez Blanco	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	10 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 57 minutes
Sunrise :	07:56 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:53 Europe/Amsterdam