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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.9738,Lat: 42.4064
Elevation	809 meter above sea level
Local time	8:44:33am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	León
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Valderrey
Other place with same name 1	Carral Galicia - Coruña, A

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Barrientos	0.6 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Castrillo de las Piedras	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
3 San Félix de la Vega	2.1 km	SouthEast
4 Riego de la Vega	2.3 km	SouthWest
5 Posadilla de la Vega	2.6 km	EastSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	294 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Lisboa	Portugal	484 km	SouthWest
3 Andorra	Andorra	617 km	East

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 128 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Esla, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Villameca (2.2 km² at a height of around 1009 meter above sea level) at a distance of 27.9 km in Northern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 69.4 km in SouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 97 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 13%, moderate high mountains: 87%, The hills are mainly eastern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 208 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 33 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.8 km2

23.9%

Nature

7.6 km2

9.7%

Agriculture

47.8 km2

60.9%

Viticulture

2.1 km2

2.6%

Urban area

1.7 km2

2.2%

Infrastructure

0.6 km2

0.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Carral in country Spain

Carral at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Las Médulas	Spain	66 km	WestNorthWest
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	107 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Camino Francés and Routes of Northern Spain	Spain	110 km	North

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Valdería-Jamuz	ES	12 km	South

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riego de la Vega

Type of weather in Riego de la Vega	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	2 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North North West
Air pressure:	1020 mb
Humidity:	87 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 33 minutes
Sunrise :	08:23 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:56 Europe/Amsterdam