Masiwang River

Masiwang River is a river of eastern Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[2]

Masiwang River
Sungai Masiwang, Wae Masiwang, Wae Marsimang
Location of river mouth
Masiwang River (Maluku)
Masiwang River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceMaluku
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSeram Island
MouthBanda Sea
Basin size1,189.338 km2 (459.206 sq mi)[1]

Hydrology

The Masiwang River flows through a wide valley, and is typically shallow, with a significant amount of sediment load.[3] The watershed area of Masiwang is the largest in the eastern part of Seram island with an area of 1189.338 km².[1] It flows into the sea on the southeast coast of Seram, between Tanjung Tioli, the eastern point of Waru Bay, and Tanjung Masiwang, forming a delta.[4] The Masiwang and Seti languages are spoken in the vicinity.[5]

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Seram island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 21 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 2814 mm. The wettest month is July, with an average of 422 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 95 mm rainfall.[8]

See also

References
  1. (in Indonesian) Happy Mulya. "Studi Rasionalisasi Jaringan Hidrologi Pulau Seram Provinsi Maluku". Jurnal MKTS: Jurnal Ilmu dan Terapan Bidang Teknik Sipil Vol. 20 No. 1 Juli 2014. pp. 71-82.
  2. Wae Masiwang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. Pohjakas, K.; Livingston, E.; Lubis, Y. M. (1976). Water resources in East Indonesia. Republic of Indonesia, Ministry of Public Works and Electric Power, Directorate General of Housing, Building, Planning, and Urban Development, Directorate of City and Regional Planning. pp. 37–8.
  4. East Indies Pilot: Islands eastward of Celebes and Timor, including New Guinea and Louisiade Archipelago. U.S. Hydrographic Office. 1923. p. 170.
  5. Pacific Linguistics. Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. 1986. p. 125.
  6. 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.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  8. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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