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General information - Location

Country	Spain
Location in country	North
Location in Europe	South Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: -4.8462,Lat: 42.8262
Elevation	1195 meter above sea level
Local time	2:52:46am
Name province/region (Comunidad Autónoma)	Castilla y León
Wiki-website Subregion (Provincia)	Palencia
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Velilla del Río Carrión

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Guardo	4.1 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Muñeca	5.3 km	SouthEast
3 Villanueva de Arriba	6.7 km	SouthEast
4 Mantinos	8.1 km	South
5 Valderrueda	8.3 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Madrid	Spain	285 km	South
2 Andorra	Andorra	524 km	EastSouthEast
3 Lisboa	Portugal	576 km	SouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Bay of Biscay is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 66 km (direction NorthNorthEast).The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Pisuerga, part of the larger catchment area Douro. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Embalse de Velilla (0.3 km² at a height of around 1115 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.1 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Peña Negra with a height of 2124 meter (at a distance of 15.9 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Portugese-Spanish border with a straight distance of 169.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 238 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 75%, high mountains: 25%, The hills are mainly southwestern orientated. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (at a distance of 284 km and direction SouthSouthEast).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is León Airport (at a distance of 71 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

40.9 km2

52%

Nature

21.6 km2

27.5%

Agriculture

4.9 km2

6.2%

Urban area

3.2 km2

4.1%

Rock-Sand

5.8 km2

7.4%

Water - Lakes

1.3 km2

1.6%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Velilla del Río Carrión in country Spain

Velilla del Río Carrión 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	85 km	NorthEast
2 Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias	Spain	101 km	NorthWest
3 Burgos Cathedral	Spain	109 km	SouthEast

Nearest Natura2000-area

Sitename	Country	Distance	Direction
Fuentes Carrionas y Fuente Cobre-Montaña Palentina	ES	1.1 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Velilla del Río Carrión

Type of weather in Velilla del Río Carrión	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	5 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.74 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1014 mb
Humidity:	86 %
Daylength at 22 November 2024:	9 hour and 31 minutes
Sunrise :	08:20 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	17:51 Europe/Amsterdam