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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.0531,Lat: 47.1253
Elevation	464 meter above sea level
Local time	5:14:02am
Name province/region (Kanton)	Glarus
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Glarus Nord

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ziegelbrücke	1.3 km	NorthEast
2 Beglingen	3 km	SouthEast
3 Weesen	3.6 km	EastNorthEast
4 Schänis	4 km	North
5 Fly	4.5 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	36 km	East
2 Bern	Switzerland	124 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	351 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 300 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Aare, part of the larger catchment area Rhine. The nearest bigger lake is Walensee (23.2 km² at a height of around 418 meter above sea level) at a distance of 3.6 km in EastNorthEastern direction).

The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 32.6 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 46 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 37%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 38%, high mountains: 8%, The hills are mainly northeastern 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 Nordalpen -- Paysage de vallées des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 53 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

39.4 km2

50.2%

Nature

4.6 km2

5.8%

Agriculture

25.1 km2

31.9%

Urban area

8 km2

10.2%

Infrastructure

0.3 km2

0.3%

Water - Lakes

1.2 km2

1.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Niederurnen in country Switzerland

Niederurnen at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	28 km	SouthSouthEast
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	41 km	NorthEast
3 Monastic Island of Reichenau	Germany	64 km	North

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Niederurnen

Type of weather in Niederurnen	overcast clouds
Current temperature:	9 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	2.7 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	1026 mb
Humidity:	58 %
Daylength at 18 December 2024:	8 hour and 30 minutes
Sunrise :	08:05 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:35 Europe/Amsterdam