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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -3.6833,Lat: 43.4225
Elevation	58 meter above sea level
Local time	1:49:32am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Cantabria
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Cantabria
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Ribamontán al Monte
Other place with same name 1	Pontones Andalucía - Jaén

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Omoño	1.5 km	EastNorthEast
2 Villaverde de Pontones	1.7 km	WestSouthWest
3 Cubas	2 km	WestNorthWest
4 Hoz de Anero	2.2 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Castanedo	2.8 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	332 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	438 km	EastSouthEast
3 St Helier	Jersey	653 km	NorthNorthEast

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is very close with only a distance of around 5 km (direction WestNorthWest).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 de Alsa (1.1 km² at a height of around 842 meter above sea level) at a distance of 43.9 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the French-Spanish border with a straight distance of 154.1 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 216 km.
Elevation around place: very low location (near sea level): 4%, low location: 95%, hill: 1%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (at a distance of 283 km and direction EastNorthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Seve Ballesteros-Santander Airport (at a distance of 11 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

18.8 km2

23.9%

Nature

2.7 km2

3.5%

Agriculture

55.4 km2

70.5%

Urban area

1.3 km2

1.6%

Water - Lakes

0.4 km2

0.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Pontones in country Spain

Pontones 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	35 km	West
2 Vizcaya Bridge	Spain	55 km	EastSouthEast
3 Archaeological Site of Atapuerca	Spain	117 km	South

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Río Miera	ES	0.2 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Ribamontán al Monte

Type of weather in Ribamontán al Monte	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	7.72 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	79 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 27 minutes
Sunrise :	08:17 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:44 Europe/Amsterdam