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