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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.8279,Lat: 46.2167
Elevation	1927 meter above sea level
Local time	1:17:56am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Visp
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Embd

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Grächen	2.5 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Törbel	3 km	NorthEast
3 Stalden (VS)	3.7 km	EastNorthEast
4 Gasenried	4.2 km	South
5 Staldenried	4.9 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	86 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	165 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	277 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 211 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 Stausee Mattmark (1.6 km² at a height of around 2196 meter above sea level) at a distance of 21.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dom with a height of 4545 meter (at a distance of 13.8 km and direction South). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 20.1 km in EastNorthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 28 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 1%, moderate high mountains: 23%, high mountains: 76%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
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 96 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.1 km2

38.3%

Nature

23.6 km2

30.1%

Agriculture

6 km2

7.7%

Viticulture

0.1 km2

0.1%

Urban area

3 km2

3.8%

Rock-Sand

15.7 km2

20%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Embd in country Switzerland

Embd at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	35 km	NorthNorthEast
2 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	82 km	WestNorthWest
3 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	84 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 Embd

Type of weather in Embd	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.18 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1008 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 15 May 2024:	14 hour and 59 minutes
Sunrise :	05:55 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:54 Europe/Amsterdam