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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.0251,Lat: 46.3775
Elevation	1938 meter above sea level
Local time	17:47:37pm
Name province/region	Valais
Name Subregion	Raron
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Riederalp

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Greich	1.6 km	SouthEast
2 Goppisberg	2.1 km	EastSouthEast
3 Ried-Mörel	2.3 km	SouthSouthEast
4 Bettmeralp	2.7 km	EastNorthEast
5 Mörel	2.8 km	SouthEast

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	77 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	142 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	297 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 224 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 (reservoir) is Lago d'Avino (0.4 km² at a height of around 2245 meter above sea level) at a distance of 16.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Bortelhorn with a height of 3195 meter (at a distance of 12 km and direction SouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 12 km in SouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 17 km.
Elevation around place: low mountains: 3%, moderate high mountains: 27%, high mountains: 70%, The hills are mainly southeastern 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
Trockene Berglandschaft der westlichen Inneralpen -- Paysage montagnard sec des Alpes centrales occidentales

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 99 km and direction SouthSouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

23.4 km2

29.8%

Nature

29.6 km2

37.7%

Agriculture

13.2 km2

16.8%

Urban area

2.5 km2

3.2%

Rock-Sand

6.8 km2

8.7%

Ice - Glacier

3 km2

3.8%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Riederalp in country Switzerland

Riederalp at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	14 km	North
2 Old City of Berne	Switzerland	77 km	NorthNorthWest
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	80 km	EastSouthEast

Social media - Maps

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Filming Location	IMDB Riederalp
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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Riederalp

Type of weather in Riederalp	light snow
Current temperature:	1 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.15 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	East South East
Air pressure:	1006 mb
Humidity:	100 %
Daylength at 16 May 2024:	15 hour and 2 minutes
Sunrise :	05:53 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:55 Europe/Amsterdam