Sekonyer River Explained

Sekonyer River
Name Other:Sungai Sekonyer, Sungai Sikunir, Soengai Sikoenir, Soengai Sikvenir
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Kalimantan#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the river mouth
Mouth Coordinates:-2.7769°N 111.7137°W
Subdivision Type1:Country

Sekonyer is a river in southern Borneo, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, about 700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1]

Hydrology

It is a tributary of the Kumai River and is fed by the Camp Leakey River.

Ecology

Part of the river traverses the Tanjung Puting National Park.[2] Travel on the river is often done by klotok, an Indonesian riverboat.[3] The river includes an orangutan habitat. The river is brown and murky.[2] Gold mining takes place along it.[2]

Geography

The river flows in the southern central area of Kalimantan with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is April when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 21 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2778 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 386 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 66 mm of rainfall.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.geonames.org/1627152/sungai%20sikunir.html Sungai Sikunir
  2. http://inmyshoestravel.com/sekonyer-river/ Sekonyer River
  3. http://inmyshoestravel.com/living-on-a-klotok/ Living on a klotok
  4. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 2007. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 1633–1644. 1633-1644-->. . 30 January 2016. 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. M C. B L. T A. Peel. Finlayson. McMahon. free.
  5. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016 . NASA.
  6. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016 . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.