Mappi River Explained

Mapi River
Other Name:	Sungai Mapi, Sungai Mappi, Mappi-rivier
Pushpin Map:	Indonesia South Papua
Pushpin Map Caption:	Location of river mouth
Source1 Location:	South Papua
Mouth:	Digul
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Indonesia
Length:	^[1]
Discharge1 Avg:	(Period: 2002–2011)^[2] ^[3] (Period: 1971–2000)^[4]
Basin Size:	^[5] ^[6]

The Mapi River or Mappi River (Indonesian: Sungai Mapi) is a river in South Papua, Indonesia.^{[7] [8]}

Geography

The river flows in South Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[9] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is February when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.^[10] The average annual rainfall is 3143 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 403 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 66 mm rainfall.^[11] The average rainfall for the whole catchment area between 2002 and 2011 was 3577 mm.^[12]

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Western New Guinea
• Mappi River Awyu language

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Bulaka.
2. Web site: Register. registration. publicwiki.deltares.nl. 2023-09-28.
3. Web site: Final report Einlanden-Digul-Bikuma basin IWRM case study. van Beek. E.. Bons. K.. Brinkman. J.. 2013.
4. Web site: Bulaka.
5. Web site: Final report Einlanden-Digul-Bikuma basin IWRM case study. van Beek. E.. Bons. K.. Brinkman. J.. 2013.
6. Web site: Bulaka.
7. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
8. http://www.geonames.org/1636213/sungai%20mapi.html Sungai Mapi
9. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 2007. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 1633-1644-->. . 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. M C. B L. T A. Peel. Finlayson. McMahon. 5. 1633–1644. 2007HESS...11.1633P. free.
10. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016 . NASA.
11. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016 . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.
12. Web site: Final report Einlanden-Digul-Bikuma basin IWRM case study. van Beek. E.. Bons. K.. Brinkman. J.. 2013.