Bohorok River Explained

Bohorok River
Name Other:Sungai Bohorok, Sungai Bahorok
Map Size:285
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Sumatra North#Indonesia Sumatra#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Size:285
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Indonesia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:North Sumatra
Subdivision Type3:Regency
Subdivision Name3:Langkat
Mouth:Wampu River
Mouth Location:Langkat Regency

The Bohorok River is a river of the Langkat Regency in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, about 1,400 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1] It is a tributary of Wampu River.

Events

In October 2003, a large-scale flash flood in the Bohorok killed 242 persons.[2]

Geography

The river flows in the northern 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 February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2918 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 352 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 125 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

3.5047°N 98.1863°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.geonames.org/6703133/sungai%20bohorok.html Sungai Bohorok
  2. http://www.sabo-int.org/case/2003_oct_mar_indonesia.html www.sabo-int.org
  3. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 2007. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 1633–1644. 1633-1644-->. . 30 January 2016. 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. M C. B L. T A. Peel. Finlayson. McMahon. 5. 2007HESS...11.1633P. free.
  4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016. NASA. 15 January 2019. 26 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426054225/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. 15 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.