Sembakung River | |
Name Other: | Sungai Sembakung, Sungai Sembakun, Simbakung, Soengai Sembakoeng |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Kalimantan#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | River mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Malaysian and Indonesia |
Length: | 322km (200miles) |
Basin Size: | 16320km2 |
The Sembakung River is a river in Borneo that flows from Sabah, Malaysia to North Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1] [2]
The 322 kilometers long river flows in the northeastern area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4020 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 393 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 251 mm rainfall.[5]