Mamasa River

Mamasa River is a river in Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Sadang River.

Mamasa River
Location of river mouth
Mamasa River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouth Sulawesi
Mouth= Sadang River

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 23 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 24 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2500 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 387 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 68 mm rainfall.[5]

Mamasa River
Climate chart (explanation)
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M
J
J
A
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206
 
 
25
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163
 
 
26
20
 
 
249
 
 
26
20
 
 
357
 
 
24
20
 
 
387
 
 
25
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204
 
 
25
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243
 
 
24
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86
 
 
27
19
 
 
68
 
 
28
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86
 
 
30
21
 
 
211
 
 
28
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240
 
 
25
20
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. Sungai Mamasa 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 (5): 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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