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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -2.1455,Lat: 37.4792
Elevation	721 meter above sea level
Local time	11:43:48am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Andalucía
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Almería
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Albox

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Saliente Alto	4.5 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Los Capitos	4.7 km	West
3 Los Simones	5.7 km	SouthWest
4 Taberno	6.2 km	EastSouthEast
5 Llano de Los Olleres	6.3 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	320 km	WestSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	354 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Lisboa	Portugal	634 km	WestNorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Mediterranean Sea is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 42 km (direction SouthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Andalusia Mediterranean Basins. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Cuevas del Almanzora (7.6 km² at a height of around 190 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.7 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Cerro Maimó with a height of 1761 meter (at a distance of 20.8 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Gibraltarian-Spanish border with a straight distance of 319.3 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 447 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 53%, moderate high mountains: 47%, The hills are mainly southern 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 165 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Almería Airport (at a distance of 73 km in SouthSouthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

0.1 km2

0.1%

Nature

35 km2

44.5%

Agriculture

43.4 km2

55.3%

Rock-Sand

0.1 km2

0.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Galeras in country Spain

Galeras 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	124 km	NorthWest
2 Alhambra, Generalife and Albayzín, Granada	Spain	133 km	West
3 Palmeral of Elche	Spain	152 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Sierra Maria - Los Vélez	ES	18 km	NorthNorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Taberno

Type of weather in Taberno	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	8.67 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 5)
Wind direction:	West North West
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	84 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 58 minutes
Sunrise :	07:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:54 Europe/Amsterdam