Songgato River | |
Name Other: | Keerom River, Sungai Keerom, Songgolo River, Sungai Songgato, Songgote Rivier, Songgoto River, Umkehr Creek |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Papua#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of river mouth |
Source1 Location: | Western Papua |
Mouth Location: | Taritatu River |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Indonesia |
The Songgato River (or Keerom River) is a river in northern Western Papua, Papua province, Indonesia.[1] [2] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River. The total length is 131.2 km.[3]
The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4839 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 579 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.[6]