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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.2136,Lat: 42.2584
Elevation	552 meter above sea level
Local time	5:28:16am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Melón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Quins	3.3 km	NorthEast
2 Prexigueiro	3.5 km	EastSouthEast
3 A Ibia	4 km	EastNorthEast
4 Francelos	5.1 km	East
5 Covelo	5.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	398 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	725 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 33 km (direction WestNorthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Mino main - Lower, part of the larger catchment area Minho and Lima. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Frieira (Encoro de Frieira) (9.9 km² at a height of around 68 meter above sea level) at a distance of 4.1 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 11.6 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 16 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 13%, hill: 33%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 18%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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 Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 73 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 34 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

13 km2

16.5%

Nature

57.8 km2

73.6%

Agriculture

4.9 km2

6.3%

Viticulture

1.2 km2

1.6%

Urban area

0.1 km2

0.1%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Melón in country Spain

Melón at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	75 km	North
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	79 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	91 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	8.6 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Melón
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Melón

Type of weather in Melón	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	8 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.93 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1018 mb
Humidity:	92 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:06 Europe/Amsterdam