Wiriagar River

Wiriagar or Aimau River is a river in southern West Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2]

Wiriagar River
Location in Indonesia
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
  location
West Papua

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of West Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3744 mm. The wettest month is June, with an average of 484 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Aimau – 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. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. 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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