Krueng Cunda River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Indonesia |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Aceh |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Aceh#Indonesia Sumatra#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Size: | 285 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of river mouth |
Extra: | Website https://bappeda.lhokseumawekota.go.id |
Source1 Location: | Djambo |
River System: | Geukuh basin |
Cities: | Keudekarieng |
Source1: | Mount Bur ni Geureudong |
Mouth: | Malacca Strait |
Mouth Location: | Lhokseumawe |
Krueng Cunda River is a river in Aceh on Sumatra island, in Indonesia, about 1700 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1] It forms a strait separating the main part of Lhokseumawe from the island of Sumatra.
The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[2] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 2568 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 572 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 114 mm rainfall.[4]