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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Northwest
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -8.1918,Lat: 42.2839
Elevation	409 meter above sea level
Local time	6:16:18am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Galicia
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Ourense
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Melón

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 A Ibia	1.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Vilar de Condes	2.8 km	North
3 Francelos	3 km	EastSouthEast
4 Prexigueiro	3.3 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Melón	3.3 km	SouthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Lisboa	Portugal	401 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Madrid	Spain	434 km	SouthEast
3 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	727 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 35 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 3.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 14.4 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 18%, hill: 49%, low mountains: 27%, moderate high mountains: 6%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (at a distance of 71 km and direction North).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Vigo Airport (at a distance of 36 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

21 km2

26.8%

Nature

44 km2

56.1%

Agriculture

6.7 km2

8.6%

Viticulture

5 km2

6.4%

Urban area

0.3 km2

0.4%

Water - Lakes

1.1 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Quins in country Spain

Quins at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Santiago de Compostela (Old Town)	Spain	73 km	North
2 Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte in Braga	Portugal	82 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Historic Centre of Guimarães	Portugal	94 km	SouthSouthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Baixo Miño	ES	12 km	SouthSouthWest

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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:	1.71 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1019 mb
Humidity:	91 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 34 minutes
Sunrise :	08:32 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:05 Europe/Amsterdam