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Oryx (ancient city)

Southern Europe

Oryx, also called Halus or Halous, was a town in ancient Arcadia in the district of Cleitor, situated on the river Ladon between Nassoi and Thaliades. Its ancient site is believed to lie in or near the present-day Ladon reservoir. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Latitude
37.758336 degrees north 1
Longitude
22.013569 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+02:00 4
Sources
1. Oryx (ancient city) (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)
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latitude 37.758336, longitude 22.013569
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2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 37.7583,22.0136
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
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"elevation": 414.0
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 22.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 37.75, 22.25
37.75 22.25 Csb
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4. IANA Time Zone Database: IANA Time Zone Database, europe zone file
IANA Time Zone DatabaseZone Europe/Athens; GR has this one zone in zone1970.tab
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Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 ... # go with EU rules instead, since Greece joined Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT
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Oryx (ancient city) (Wikipedia)
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    Oryx (Ancient Greek: Όρυξ), also Halus or Halous (Ἁλοῦς) was town in ancient Arcadia, part of the district of Cleitor.
  • In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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