Seputih River

Seputih River is a river in Lampung province, southern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 200 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Seputih River
Wai Seputih, Sepoeti Rivier, Seputi, Wai Sepoetih
Location of river mouth
Seputih River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationLampung, Sumatra
MouthJava 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 25 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 27 °C, and the coldest is February, at 24 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3176 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 501 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 33 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Wai Seputih - Geonames.org.
  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.
  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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