Banyuasin River Explained

Banyuasin River
Name Other:	Sungai Banyuasin, Air Banyuasin, Air Banjoeasin, Banyu Asin, Air Banjoesit, Air Banjuasin
Pushpin Map:	Indonesia Sumatra#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Size:	285
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of river mouth
Subdivision Type1:	Country

The Banyuasin River is a river in southern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 500 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.^{[1] [2]}

Geography

The river flows in the southern 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 23 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is March, at 22 °C.^[4] The average annual rainfall is 2579 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 344 mm rainfall, and the driest September, with 99 mm rainfall.^[5]

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Sumatra

References

-2.2849°N 104.8289°W

Notes and References

1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
2. http://www.geonames.org/1650104/air%20banyuasin.html Air Banyuasin
3. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 2007. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 1633–1644 . . 30 January 2016. 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. M C. B L. T A. Peel. Finlayson. McMahon. free.
4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016. NASA. 9 January 2019. 1 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200601165802/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php. dead.
5. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016. NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 9 January 2019. 19 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014. dead.