Bila River (North Sumatra) Explained

Bila River
Name Other:Sungai Bila, Soengai Bilah, Batang Bila, Air Bila
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Sumatra#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Size:285
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Source1 Location:North Sumatra
Mouth Location:Tanjung Sarang Elang
Subdivision Type1:Country

The Bila River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1,200 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1] [2] It is a tributary of the Barumun River.

Geography

The river flows in southwest Java 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 August, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3766 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 126 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

2.5°N 100.1333°W

Notes and References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. http://www.geonames.org/1648785/sungai%20bila.html Sungai Bila
  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. 14 January 2019. 11 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511075542/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. 14 January 2019. 11 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200511075534/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M. dead.