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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	East
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 9.4055,Lat: 46.7126
Elevation	1251 meter above sea level
Local time	17:12:41pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Graubünden
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Hinterrhein
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Cazis

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Sarn	0.8 km	NorthEast
2 Flerden	1 km	South
3 Tartar	1.4 km	NorthEast
4 Masein	2 km	SouthEast
5 Cazis	2.1 km	EastNorthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	48 km	North
2 Bern	Switzerland	152 km	West
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	366 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 258 km (direction South).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 (reservoir) is Sufnersee (0.6 km² at a height of around 1400 meter above sea level) at a distance of 15.9 km in Southern direction).

The nearest mountain is Thusis with a height of 697 meter (at a distance of 3.1 km and direction EastSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 22.8 km in Southern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 32 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 22%, moderate high mountains: 37%, high mountains: 41%, 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 agriculture.

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

Name
Niederschlagsreiche Berglandschaft der Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard des Alpes centrales à fortes précipitations

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 105 km and direction NorthWest).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

33.6 km2

42.8%

Nature

7.3 km2

9.3%

Agriculture

34 km2

43.2%

Urban area

3.7 km2

4.7%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Portein in country Switzerland

Portein 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	NorthNorthWest
2 Rhaetian Railway in the Albula / Bernina Landscapes	Italy,Switzerland	41 km	SouthEast
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	65 km	SouthSouthWest

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Flerden

Type of weather in Flerden	snow
Current temperature:	-4 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	5.23 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South
Air pressure:	997 mb
Humidity:	88 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 9 minutes
Sunrise :	07:33 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:43 Europe/Amsterdam