Kampung River Explained

Kampung River
Other Name:Sungai Kampung, Sungai Kampong, As-Rivier, Kampoeng-rivier
Pushpin Map:Indonesia South Papua#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Relief:1
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Source1 Location:Western Papua
Mouth Location:Pulau River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Indonesia

The Kampung River is a river in southern South Papua, Indonesia.[1] [2] It is a tributary of the Pulau River.

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua 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 December, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 5547 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 594 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 384 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

-5.7351°N 138.401°W

Notes and References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. http://www.geonames.org/1641709/sungai%20kampong.html Sungai Kampong
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016 . NASA.
  5. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016 . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.