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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.8578,Lat: 46.1815
Elevation	489 meter above sea level
Local time	18:53:30pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Locarno
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Gordola

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Tenero	0.7 km	West
2 Contra	1.6 km	WestNorthWest
3 Mergoscia	3.2 km	NorthNorthWest
4 Brione sopra Minusio	3.3 km	West
5 Berzona	3.5 km	North

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	118 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	138 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	294 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 195 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 is Lago Maggiore (Langensee) (39.1 km² at a height of around 192 meter above sea level) at a distance of 1.4 km in WestSouthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Lago Maggiore with a height of 193 meter (at a distance of 13.1 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 9.8 km in SouthSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 13.7 km.
Elevation around place: low location: 30%, hill: 25%, low mountains: 16%, moderate high mountains: 26%, high mountains: 4%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 62 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 20 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.2 km2

48.6%

Nature

1.4 km2

1.7%

Wet nature

1 km2

1.3%

Agriculture

8.8 km2

11.2%

Viticulture

1.9 km2

2.5%

Urban area

11.3 km2

14.4%

Infrastructure

0.5 km2

0.6%

Water - Lakes

14.3 km2

18.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Gordola in country Switzerland

Gordola 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	13 km	East
2 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	33 km	South
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	33 km	SouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Gordola

Type of weather in Gordola	snow
Current temperature:	0 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 0)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	998 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:47 Europe/Amsterdam