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Station Name: JANJANGBUREH (GEORGETOWN)
gid 6
station JANJANGBUREH (GEORGETOWN)
station al --
Date established 1949-04-01
date close --
declared r Operational
assessed r Partly operational
Station type Land (fixed)
WIGOS ID 0-20000-0-61721|primary
wmo region Africa
regional w --
country Gambia
latitude 13.53925
longitude -14.76888
elevation 16
geopositio GPS
time zone UTC
supervisin Department of Water Resources
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other link --
site descr The station was originally registered based on WMO Pub 9 Vol A information containing these observation remarks: EVAP;SOILTEMP;SUNDUR (see code table A for explanations). These remarks imply the following additional observations that could not be registe
climate zo Equatorial - Savannah - dry winter
predominan Mosaic cropland (50-70%) / vegetation (grassland/shrubland/forest) (20-50%)(Surface cover types (GlobCover2009))
surface ro --
topography (unknown) at low relative elevation within hollows of very low altitude
population --
programs/n GOS General:Operational
last updat 2019-10-11
last upd_1 George Stafford