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General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	South
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 7.9369,Lat: 46.123
Elevation	1676 meter above sea level
Local time	17:48:41pm
Name province/region (Kanton)	Valais
Wiki-website Subregion (Bezirk)	Visp
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Saas-Grund

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Triftalp	1.4 km	NorthEast
2 Saas-Fee	1.8 km	SouthSouthWest
3 Saas-Balen	3.4 km	North
4 Saas-Almagell	3.6 km	SouthSouthEast
5 Eisten	9.2 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Bern	Switzerland	99 km	NorthNorthWest
2 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	166 km	NorthEast
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	268 km	South

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 199 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 Stausee Mattmark (1.6 km² at a height of around 2196 meter above sea level) at a distance of 8.4 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Dom with a height of 4545 meter (at a distance of 6.8 km and direction WestSouthWest). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 8 km in EastSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 11.1 km.
Elevation around place: high mountains: 100%, The hills are mainly western 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 82 km and direction SouthEast).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

16.8 km2

21.4%

Nature

17.9 km2

22.8%

Agriculture

2.2 km2

2.8%

Urban area

1.4 km2

1.8%

Rock-Sand

32.4 km2

41.2%

Ice - Glacier

8 km2

10.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Saas-Grund in country Switzerland

Saas-Grund at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch	Switzerland	43 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Ivrea, industrial city of the 20th century	Italy	74 km	South
3 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	80 km	EastSouthEast

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Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Saas-Grund

Type of weather in Saas-Grund	snow
Current temperature:	-6 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	4.65 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 3)
Wind direction:	South South East
Air pressure:	995 mb
Humidity:	95 %
Daylength at 21 November 2024:	9 hour and 13 minutes
Sunrise :	07:37 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	16:50 Europe/Amsterdam