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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Northeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6481,Lat: 47.5991
Elevation	383 meter above sea level
Local time	18:14:25pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Zürich
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Andelfingen
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Kleinandelfingen

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Andelfingen	2.4 km	EastSouthEast
2 Kleinandelfingen	2.6 km	East
3 Dorf	2.9 km	South
4 Marthalen	3 km	North
5 Humlikon	3 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	83 km	SouthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	116 km	SouthWest
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	291 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 352 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Untersee (15.3 km² at a height of around 395 meter above sea level) at a distance of 17.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Schaffhausen with a height of 403 meter (at a distance of 11.1 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3.6 km in WestNorthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 5.1 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 96%, low mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

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

Name
Ackerbaugeprägte Hügellandschaft des Mittellandes -- Paysage de collines du Plateau suisse marqué par les grandes cultures

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 17 km and direction SouthSouthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.5 km2

38.8%

Agriculture

41.6 km2

53%

Viticulture

0.5 km2

0.7%

Urban area

4.7 km2

5.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Alten in country Switzerland

Alten at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	33 km	EastNorthEast
2 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	49 km	SouthWest
3 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	58 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Alten

Type of weather in Alten	heavy snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.57 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	992 mb
Humidity:	94 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 3 minutes
Sunrise :	07:39 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam