Lalindu River

Lalindu River is a river in Southeast Sulawesi province, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Lasolo River.

Lalindu River
Sungai Lalindu, Aalaa Lindu, Lindu Sungai, Soengai Lalindoe, Salo Lindoe, La Lindoe
Location of river mouth
Lalindu River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSoutheast Sulawesi

Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2495 mm. The wettest month is July, with an average of 337 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 28 mm rainfall.[5]

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

See also

References
  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Aalaa Lindu at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  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.

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