Warenai River
The Warenai River is a river in northern New Guinea, Indonesia.[2][3] Tributaries include the Wapoga River.
| Warenai River Sungai Warenai, Warenai-rivier | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Warenai River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Central Papua |
| Mouth | |
• location | Cenderawasih Bay, Nabire Regency |
| Length | 304.3 km (189.1 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 4,334.2 km2 (1,673.4 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 317.15 m3/s (11,200 cu ft/s)[1] |
Geography
The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is November, at 22 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 5824 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 733 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 300 mm rainfall.[6]
See also
References
- "Irian Jaya Coast".
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Warenai - Geonames.org.
- 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
- "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
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