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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0247,Lat: 46.9446
Elevation	787 meter above sea level
Local time	18:10:35pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Glarus
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Glarus Süd

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Rüti (GL)	1.1 km	SouthWest
2 Diesbach	1.2 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Leuggelbach	3.8 km	NorthNorthEast
4 Haslen	4.9 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Nidfurn	5.4 km	NorthNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	44 km	EastNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	120 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	366 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 280 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Klöntaler See (2.8 km² at a height of around 847 meter above sea level) at a distance of 9.3 km in NorthNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Hausstock with a height of 3158 meter (at a distance of 8.4 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 36.4 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 51 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 31%, high mountains: 54%, 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 forest.

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

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 68 km and direction NorthNorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

32.1 km2

40.9%

Nature

31.4 km2

40%

Agriculture

10.1 km2

12.8%

Urban area

2.1 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

2.9 km2

3.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Betschwanden in country Switzerland

Betschwanden at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	17 km	East
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	60 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	72 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Betschwanden

Type of weather in Betschwanden	snow
Current temperature:	-0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.58 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	42 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 8 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam