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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -5.1227,Lat: 38.9108
Elevation	621 meter above sea level
Local time	4:13:08am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Extremadura
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Badajoz
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Risco

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sancti-Spíritus	2.5 km	NorthWest
2 Garlitos	7.6 km	SouthEast
3 Siruela	9.7 km	NorthEast
4 Peñalsordo	10.2 km	South
5 Capilla	10.6 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	207 km	NorthEast
2 Gibraltar	Gibraltar	305 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Lisboa	Portugal	350 km	West

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Atlantic Ocean is the nearest oceancoast with a distance of around 243 km (direction SouthWest).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Guadiana main - Medium - Zujar, part of the larger catchment area Guadiana. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de la Serena (151.1 km² at a height of around 345 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.6 km in SouthWestern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 159.8 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 224 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 64%, low mountains: 35%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is nature.
Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 217 km and direction NorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

15 km2

19%

Nature

40.9 km2

52.1%

Agriculture

16.8 km2

21.4%

Water - Lakes

5.8 km2

7.4%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Risco in country Spain

Risco at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Heritage of Mercury. Almadén and Idrija	Slovenia,Spain	29 km	SouthEast
2 Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe	Spain	63 km	North
3 Archaeological Ensemble of Mérida	Spain	106 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
La Serena	ES	0.2 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Garlitos

Type of weather in Garlitos	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	12 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.21 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	71 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 51 minutes
Sunrise :	08:11 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	18:02 Europe/Amsterdam