Brahman, 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.[1]

Brahman
Summary
Location Papua New Guinea, Madang Province
Time zoneAEST (+10)
Elevation AMSL420 ft / 128 m
Coordinates5.7°S 145.367°E / -5.7; 145.367
Map
Brahman
Location within Papua New Guinea

The land around Brahman is diverse. The highest local point is 1,644 meters, 9 km west of Brahman.[note 1] There are 12 people per square kilometer around Brahman.[3] The area is surrounded by forest.[4]

The climate is tropical.[5] The average temperature was 22°C. The warmest month is August, at 24°C, and the coolest is February, at 19°C.[6] 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.[7]

Brahman
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [6]

See also

Notes
  1. Calculated from the height data (DEM 3") at Viewfinder Panoramas.[2] 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. Retrieved 30 Enero 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  4. "NASA Earth Observations: Land Cover Classification". NASA/MODIS. Retrieved 30 Enero 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  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 Enero 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. Retrieved 30 Enero 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. Retrieved 30 Enero 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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