Country profile
Area: | 783,562 km2 (water:1.3%) |
Population: (estimate) | 72,600,000 |
Population density: | 93 /km2 |
Data obtained from WMO: | |
Number of meteorological stations in WMO GOS catalog: | 113 |
GOS stations density: | 0.14 /1000 km2 |
Data obtained by questionnaire: | |
Number of automatic weather stations (AWS): | 256 |
AWS density: | 0.32 /1000 km2 |
Number of manned meteorological stations (measuring at least precipitation): | 596 |
Manned stations density: | 0.76 /1000 km2 (Remark: data not available sooner than after one month for majority of stations) |
Number of soil moisture measurement sites: | / |
Number of groundwater measurement sites: | 1007 |
Data on soil type available? | Yes |
Data on soil water holding capacity available? | Yes |