Kampung River

The Kampung River is a river in southern Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Pulau River.

Kampung River
Sungai Kampung, Sungai Kampong, As-Rivier, Kampoeng-rivier
Kampung River is located in Papua (province)
Kampung River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
  location
Pulau River

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is December, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 5547 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 594 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 384 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Kampong - Geonames.org.
  3. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  4. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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