Laa River Explained

Laa River
Name Other:Sungai Laa, Salo Laa, Sungai La, Salo La
Map Size:285
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Sulawesi#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Size:285
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Indonesia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Central Sulawesi
Subdivision Type3:Regency
Discharge1 Location:Near mouth
Discharge1 Avg:[1]
River System:Laa River
Basin Size:[2]

The Laa River is a river in Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[3]

Hydrology

The Laa River empties into the Gulf of Mori. The Ta Pamona live along the river as well as the To Mori, who settled on the lower section of the river.[3]

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Sulawesi which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is July, at 21 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4154 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 522 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 94 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

References

-2.028°N 121.4823°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  2. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=BQJZQIqApC0C&dq=Laa+River+Sulawesi&pg=PA65 Colonial 'reformation' in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892-1995
  4. 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. 5. free.
  5. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016. NASA. 18 January 2019. 10 May 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200510015442/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php. dead.
  6. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016. NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 18 January 2019. 19 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014. dead.