Porong River

Porong River is a river flowing through Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, about 700 km east of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is one of the main branches of the Brantas River that discharges into Bali Sea, close to the Madura Strait, and is the main outlet for the Lusi mudflow.

Porong River Kali Porong, Sungai Porong, Kali Torong
Location of river mouth Porong River (Indonesia)
Location
Country	Indonesia
Province	East Java
Physical characteristics
Source	Brantas River
• location	Mojokerto
Mouth
• location	Madura Strait
• elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Length	13.5 km (8.4 mi)
Basin size	480 km^2 (190 sq mi)

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Java with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2473 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 426 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 20 mm rainfall.[5]

Porong River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     426     26 23     364     26 19     391     27 23     228     26 23     159     29 23     126     28 23     67     28 23     20     30 24     30     33 24     53     33 24     205     31 25     405     27 18 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     17     79 73     14     79 66     15     81 73     9     79 73     6.3     84 73     5     82 73     2.6     82 73     0.8     86 75     1.2     91 75     2.1     91 75     8.1     88 77     16     81 64 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Java

References

1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
2. Kali Porong 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.