Bian River (Indonesia) Explained
| Bian River |
| Name Other: | Wai Bian, Bian-rivier, Sungai Bian |
| Pushpin Map: | Indonesia South Papua#Indonesia |
| Pushpin Map Size: | Location of river mouth |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Indonesia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | South Papua |
| Subdivision Type3: | Regency |
| Subdivision Name3: | Merauke |
| Discharge1 Location: | Near mouth |
| Source1: | Butiptiri |
| Source1 Location: | Southeast of Asike |
| Mouth: | Arafura Sea |
| Mouth Location: | District of Okaba, Merauke |
The Bian River or Mbian River is a river in Merauke Regency, South Papua, Indonesia.[1] Its total length is 580.6 km and its width is around 70 – 1447.1 m.[2] Some 900 people in its upper course are said to speak the language Bian Marind.[3]
Geography
The river flows in the southern area of Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2952 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 405 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 62 mm rainfall.[6]
Ecology
In the district of Muting (Merauke Regency), the Bian River is a nature reserve by the order of the Ministry of Forestry[7] as the habitat of various protected flora and fauna, among others: Archerfish and Asian arowana.[8]
See also
References
-8.1193°N 139.9411°W
Notes and References
- http://www.geonames.org/1648838/wai%20bian.html Wai Bian
- https://lingkunganhidup.papua.go.id/gi/fckimage/file/SLHD/Tabel%20SD-11.pdf Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010
- Web site: www.papuaweb.org . 2010-06-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080723182042/http://papuaweb.org/bib/hays/loc/BIAN.pdf . 2008-07-23 . dead .
- Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 2007. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 1633-1644-->. . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. M C. B L. T A. Peel. Finlayson. McMahon. 5. 1633–1644. 2007HESS...11.1633P. free.
- Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016. NASA. 29 November 2018. 6 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130806035941/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php. dead.
- Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM). 30 January 2016. NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 29 November 2018. 19 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014. dead.
- http://forestid.blogspot.co.id/2015/11/cagar-alam-danau-bian-papua.html Cagar Alam Sungai Bian
- Web site: Eksotika Sungai Bian Merauke . 2018-11-29 . 2018-04-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180401212732/http://www.beritamancing.net/fishing-story/eksotika-sungai-bian-merauke/ . dead .
