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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9684,Lat: 46.3607
Elevation	309 meter above sea level
Local time	8:05:57am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Riviera
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Biasca

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Pollegio	1.8 km	WestNorthWest
2 Iragna	3.5 km	South
3 Personico	4 km	WestNorthWest
4 Pontirone	4.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Bodio	5.1 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	96 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	134 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	316 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 215 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake (reservoir) is Lago di Vogorno (1.5 km² at a height of around 469 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.5 km in SouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bellinzona with a height of 229 meter (at a distance of 19 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 23 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 27%, low mountains: 14%, moderate high mountains: 32%, high mountains: 27%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is forest.

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

Name
Tallandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 83 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 40 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

55 km2

70%

Nature

8.7 km2

11.1%

Agriculture

4.9 km2

6.3%

Urban area

6.2 km2

7.9%

Rock-Sand

3.2 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Biasca in country Switzerland

Biasca at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	19 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	46 km	SouthSouthEast
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	53 km	South

Social media - Maps

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Biasca

Type of weather in Biasca	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	11 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.12 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1009 mb
Humidity:	90 %
Daylength at 17 May 2024:	15 hour and 5 minutes
Sunrise :	05:48 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam