Kalaena River Explained

Kalaena River
Name Other:Sungai Kalaena, Salo Kalaena, Koro Kaleana
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Sulawesi#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Size:285
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Discharge1 Location:Near mouth
Discharge1 Avg:[1]
Basin Size:[2]

Kalaena River is a river in South Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[3] [4]

Geography

The river flows in the center of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is March, at 22 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 4176 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 660 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 117 mm rainfall.[7]

See also

References

-2.6585°N 120.9132°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  2. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  3. http://www.geonames.org/1642061/salo%20kalaena.html Salo Kalaena
  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. 1633–1644 . . 30 January 2016. 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.
  7. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016 . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.