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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.7805,Lat: 46.3115
Elevation	706 meter above sea level
Local time	11:45:40am
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Raron
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Niedergesteln

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Raron	1.5 km	East
2 Turtig	1.8 km	EastSouthEast
3 Eischoll	2 km	South
4 Hohtenn	2.3 km	WestNorthWest
5 Steg	2.4 km	West

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	75 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	162 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	287 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 222 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 is Daubensee (0.6 km² at a height of around 2205 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.3 km in NorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bietschhorn with a height of 3934 meter (at a distance of 10.4 km and direction NorthNorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 23.8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 33 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 36%, high mountains: 42%, The hills are mainly southern 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
Tallandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes centrales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 106 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

38.4 km2

48.9%

Nature

11.8 km2

15%

Agriculture

19.1 km2

24.3%

Viticulture

0.4 km2

0.4%

Urban area

5.3 km2

6.8%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

2.3 km2

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Niedergesteln in country Switzerland

Niedergesteln at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	29 km	NorthEast
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	75 km	NorthNorthWest
3 The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement	Belgium,France, Germany,Switzerland	75 km	WestNorthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Niedergesteln

Type of weather in Niedergesteln	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	23 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	0.92 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North West
Air pressure:	1017 mb
Humidity:	41 %
Daylength at 12 May 2024:	14 hour and 52 minutes
Sunrise :	05:59 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:51 Europe/Amsterdam