Bongka River

Bongka River is a river in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1700 km northeast of capital Jakarta[1][2]

Bongka River
Sungai Bongka, Sungai Bangka, Salo Bongka, Sungai Kalingsu, Salo Kalingsoe
Location of river mouth
Bongka River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCentral Sulawesi
MouthGulf of Tomini

Geography

The river flows in the central area of Sulawesi island 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 October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is April, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2929 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 341 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 79 mm rainfall.[5]

Sungai Bongka
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [4]

See also

References
  1. Sungai Bongka at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  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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