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Brahman, Papua New Guinea

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Cattle station in Papua New Guinea
Brahman
Summary
LocationMadang Province, Papua New Guinea
Time zoneAEST (+10)
Elevation AMSL420 ft / 128 m
Coordinates5°42′00″S 145°22′01″E / 5.7°S 145.367°E / -5.7; 145.367
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Brahman is located in Papua New GuineaBrahmanBrahmanLocation within Papua New Guinea

Brahman is a cattle station supplied with an airport near the eastern highlands of Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. It is located 500 km north of Port Moresby and is 128 meters above sea level.

The land around Brahman is diverse. The highest local point is 1,644 meters, 9 km west of Brahman. There are 12 people per square kilometer around Brahman. The area is surrounded by forest.

The climate is tropical. The average temperature was 22 °C. The warmest month is August, at 24 °C, and the coolest is February, at 19 °C. Average rainfall is 346.7 cm per year. The rainiest month is March, at 43.1 cm, and the least is August, at 15.5 cm.

Brahman
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
    414     25 17     383     24 14     431     25 14     346     26 17     263     24 20     192     26 19     162     25 20     155     27 20     222     27 19     286     27 19     264     26 18     350     26 18
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source:
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
    16     77 63     15     75 57     17     77 57     14     79 63     10     75 68     7.6     79 66     6.4     77 68     6.1     81 68     8.7     81 66     11     81 66     10     79 64     14     79 64
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

Notes

  1. Calculated from the height data (DEM 3") at Viewfinder Panoramas. The full algorithm is here.

References

  1. Brahman at Geonames.org (cc-by); post updated 2012-05-18; database download 2015-06-22
  2. "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 2015-06-21.
  3. "NASA Earth Observations: Population Density". NASA/SEDAC. Archived from the original on 9 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Archived from the original on 28 February 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L. "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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