Kawa River

The Kawa River (Wae or Wai Kawa) is a river of Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2500 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1]

Kawa River Sungai Kawa, Wae Kawa, Wai Kawa
Location of river mouth Kawa River (Maluku) Kawa River (Indonesia)
Location
Country	Indonesia
Province	Maluku

Hydrology

It flows in an easterly direction through the southern area of Manusela National Park, with many "small, fast-flowing rivers running through".[2]

Geography

The river flows in the southern central area of Seram island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is December, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is August, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3137 mm. The wettest month is July, with an average of 494 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 89 mm rainfall.[5]

Kawa River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     208     23 20     191     23 22     245     25 19     275     22 22     382     22 21     352     22 21     494     23 20     311     22 17     160     25 20     89     24 20     166     24 21     264     25 22 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [4]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     8.2     73 68     7.5     73 72     9.6     77 66     11     72 72     15     72 70     14     72 70     19     73 68     12     72 63     6.3     77 68     3.5     75 68     6.5     75 70     10     77 72 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Maluku (province)

References

1. Wai Kawa at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
2. Hidup, Kantor Menteri Negara Lingkungan; Lingkungan, Badan Pengendalian Dampak (1997). The Indonesian environmental almanac. Multi Kirana Pratama. p. 189.
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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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.