Sekampung River
Sekampung River is a river in Lampung province, southern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 130 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
| Sekampung River Sungai Sekampung, Wai Sekampung, Wai Sekampoeng | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Sekampung River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Lampung, Sumatra |
| Mouth | Java Sea |
Geography
The river flows in the southeast area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af 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 March, at 25 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2932 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 433 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 63 mm rainfall.[5]
References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Wai Sekampung - Geonames.org.
- 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.
- "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
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