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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9202,Lat: 46.4604
Elevation	1025 meter above sea level
Local time	18:35:49pm
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Blenio
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Acquarossa

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Prugiasco	0.9 km	East
2 Castro	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Acquarossa	1.6 km	EastSouthEast
4 Marolta	1.8 km	North
5 Corzoneso	1.9 km	SouthSouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	88 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	125 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	325 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 226 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 Luzzone (1.2 km² at a height of around 1589 meter above sea level) at a distance of 11.8 km in NorthNorthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Piz Medel with a height of 3210 meter (at a distance of 17.5 km and direction North). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 25.2 km in Eastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 35 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 2%, low mountains: 15%, moderate high mountains: 29%, high mountains: 55%, The hills are mainly eastern 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
Berglandschaft der Südalpen -- Paysage montagnard des Alpes méridionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 93 km and direction South).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 51 km in Southern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

44 km2

56%

Nature

22.5 km2

28.6%

Agriculture

8.3 km2

10.6%

Urban area

2.2 km2

2.7%

Rock-Sand

1.6 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Leontica in country Switzerland

Leontica 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	31 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	57 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	57 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Acquarossa

Type of weather in Acquarossa	light rain
Current temperature:	6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.06 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	1016 mb
Humidity:	99 %
Daylength at 27 April 2024:	14 hour and 12 minutes
Sunrise :	06:15 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:27 Europe/Amsterdam