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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9739,Lat: 46.3719
Elevation	2221 meter above sea level
Local time	17:42:44pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Valais
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Brig
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Naters

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Bäll	0.8 km	SouthWest
2 Egga	1.2 km	East
3 Riederalp	4 km	East
4 Ried-Mörel	4.7 km	EastSouthEast
5 Bitsch	4.8 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	76 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	146 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	296 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 224 km (direction SouthSouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhone main - Upper, part of the larger catchment area Rhone and Coastal Mediterranean. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago d'Avino (0.4 km² at a height of around 2245 meter above sea level) at a distance of 18 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction WestNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 14.4 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 20 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 14%, high mountains: 85%, The hills are mainly southeastern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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

Name
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 101 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

11.2 km2

14.3%

Nature

40.6 km2

51.7%

Agriculture

6.9 km2

8.8%

Urban area

1 km2

1.3%

Rock-Sand

15.7 km2

20%

Ice - Glacier

3.1 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Belalp in country Switzerland

Belalp at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	15 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	76 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	83 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Bitsch

Type of weather in Bitsch	snow
Current temperature:	-9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	6.22 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 4)
Wind direction:	South East
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	93 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:38 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:49 Europe/Amsterdam