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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.7348,Lat: 43.2174
Elevation	849 meter above sea level
Local time	2:03:26am
Name province/region	Cantabria
Name Subregion	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Selaya

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bustantegua	1.5 km	West
2 San Roque de Riomiera	3.3 km	EastNorthEast
3 Pisueña	3.8 km	SouthWest
4 Valdicio	4.3 km	East
5 Selaya	5.8 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	310 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	438 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	668 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 22 km (direction North).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino coastal: Narcea, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse del Ebro (59.2 km² at a height of around 837 meter above sea level) at a distance of 23.8 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 158.8 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 222 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 24%, low mountains: 51%, moderate high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 300 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 24 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

14 km2

17.8%

Nature

40.9 km2

52%

Agriculture

23.7 km2

30.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of La Mota in country Spain

La Mota at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Cave of Altamira and Paleolithic Cave Art of Northern Spain	Spain	36 km	NorthWest
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	59 km	East
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	95 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Montaña oriental	ES	0.2 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Selaya

Type of weather in Selaya	broken clouds
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.56 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 37 minutes
Sunrise :	06:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	21:29 Europe/Amsterdam