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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Center
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.3945,Lat: 47.1196
Elevation	425 meter above sea level
Local time	16:27:24pm
Name province/region	Luzern
Name Subregion	Luzern-Land
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Root

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Gisikon	0.6 km	NorthEast
2 Honau	1.6 km	NorthNorthEast
3 Perlen	3 km	WestSouthWest
4 Dierikon	3.1 km	SouthWest
5 Udligenswil	3.2 km	South

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	75 km	WestSouthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	86 km	East
3 Luxembourg	Luxembourg	324 km	NorthNorthWest

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 Vierwaldstätter See (Lac des Quatre Cantons) (110 km² at a height of around 433 meter above sea level) at a distance of 5.2 km in SouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Pilatus with a height of 2119 meter (at a distance of 18.8 km and direction SouthWest). The most nearby international border is the German-Swiss border with a straight distance of 49.5 km in Northern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 69 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 62%, low mountains: 37%, moderate high mountains: 1%, The hills are mainly northwestern 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
Siedlungslandschaft -- Paysage périurbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Zürich Airport (at a distance of 39 km and direction NorthNorthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

9.9 km2

12.6%

Nature

1.1 km2

1.4%

Agriculture

56.3 km2

71.7%

Urban area

10.6 km2

13.5%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Root in country Switzerland

Root at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps	Austria,France,Germany, Italy,Slovenia,Switzerland	23 km	NorthWest
2 Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona	Switzerland	69 km	EastSouthEast
3 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	74 km	SouthSouthWest

Social media - Maps

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

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Root

Type of weather in Root	scattered clouds
Current temperature:	22 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.54 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 2)
Wind direction:	North East
Air pressure:	1012 mb
Humidity:	50 %
Daylength at 13 May 2024:	14 hour and 60 minutes
Sunrise :	05:52 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:52 Europe/Amsterdam