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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.6747,Lat: 46.5132
Elevation	1261 meter above sea level
Local time	17:31:17pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Ticino
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Leventina
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Quinto

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Ambrì	1.3 km	EastSouthEast
2 Altanca	1.3 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Quinto	2.7 km	East
4 Deggio	2.9 km	East
5 Madrano	3.9 km	WestNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	95 km	NorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	106 km	WestNorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	324 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 232 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 Ritom (1.5 km² at a height of around 1849 meter above sea level) at a distance of 2.4 km in Northern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pizzo Centrale with a height of 2999 meter (at a distance of 8.6 km and direction NorthNorthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 17.8 km in WestSouthWestern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 25 km.
Elevation around place: moderate high mountains: 23%, high mountains: 77%, The hills are mainly northern orientated. The surroundings of the place have a rural character (very sparsely urbanised). The most common land use in the area is nature.

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 98 km and direction South).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

30.7 km2

39.1%

Nature

33.8 km2

43%

Agriculture

5 km2

6.4%

Urban area

2 km2

2.5%

Infrastructure

1.2 km2

1.5%

Rock-Sand

4.1 km2

5.2%

Water - Lakes

1.8 km2

2.2%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Piotta in country Switzerland

Piotta 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	45 km	SouthEast
2 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	49 km	West
3 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	63 km	NorthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Leventina District

Type of weather in Leventina District	snow
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	3.85 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	999 mb
Humidity:	96 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 11 minutes
Sunrise :	07:36 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:46 Europe/Amsterdam