Bongka River Explained

Bongka River
Name Other:Sungai Bongka, Sungai Bangka, Salo Bongka, Sungai Kalingsu, Salo Kalingsoe
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Sulawesi#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth in Sulawesi##Location of river mouth in Indonesia
Source1 Location:Central Sulawesi
Mouth:Gulf of Tomini
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Indonesia
Discharge1 Location:Near mouth
Discharge1 Avg:[1]
Basin Size:[2]

The Bongka River is a river in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1700 km northeast of capital Jakarta[3] [4]

Geography

The river flows in the central area of Sulawesi island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is April, at 22 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2929 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 341 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 79 mm rainfall.[7]

See also

References

-0.9833°N 121.4167°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  2. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  3. http://www.geonames.org/1648224/sungai%20bongka.html Sungai Bongka
  4. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  5. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 2007. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 . . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. M C. B L. T A. Peel. Finlayson. McMahon. free.
  6. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016. NASA. 27 December 2018. 6 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130806035941/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php. dead.
  7. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM). 30 January 2016. NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 27 December 2018. 19 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014. dead.