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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4741,Lat: 47.0989
Elevation	738 meter above sea level
Local time	18:53:28pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	St. Gallen
Wiki-website Subregion (Wahlkreis)	Werdenberg
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Wartau

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gretschins	0.9 km	East
2 Malans	1 km	South
3 Azmoos	1.8 km	South
4 Sevelen	2.7 km	NorthNorthEast
5 Balzers	4.5 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	5.8 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	155 km	West
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	374 km	NorthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 292 km (direction SouthEast).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Rhine main - Upper - Ill, 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 13.4 km in WestNorthWestern direction).

The nearest mountain is Vaduz with a height of 455 meter (at a distance of 5.9 km and direction NorthEast). The most nearby international border is the Liechtenstein-Swiss border with a straight distance of 3 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 4.2 km.The nearest tripoint border within 25 km is the Liechtensteiner Austrian Swiss tripoint with a straight distance of 11 km (direction EastSouthEast).
Elevation around place: hill: 37%, low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 20%, high mountains: 20%, The hills are mainly eastern orientated. The surroundings of the place is lightly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is agriculture.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Kalkberglandschaft der Nordalpen -- Paysage montagnard calcaire des Alpes septentrionales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 81 km and direction WestNorthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is St Gallen Altenrhein Airport (at a distance of 43 km in Northern direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

25.7 km2

32.7%

Nature

12.4 km2

15.8%

Agriculture

30.5 km2

38.8%

Urban area

8.5 km2

10.8%

Water - Lakes

1.5 km2

1.9%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Oberschan in country Switzerland

Oberschan at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	26 km	SouthWest
2 Abbey of St Gall	Switzerland	37 km	North
3 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	73 km	SouthSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Wartau

Type of weather in Wartau	snow
Current temperature:	-1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.25 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	994 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 7 minutes
Sunrise :	07:34 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:41 Europe/Amsterdam