Teunom River Explained

Teunom River
Name Other:Krueng Teunom, Sungai Teunom, Tönom
Source1 Location:Sumatra
Basin Size:2550km2
Image Alt:Mouth of Krueng Teunom, west coast of Aceh
Source1:Mount Hulumasen
Source2:Mount Peuët Sagoë (Barisan Mountains)
Source2 Location:Geumpang (Pidie)
Source3:Tangse valley
Source3 Location:Tangse (Pidie)
Map:
River System:Teunom basin
Country:Indonesia
State Type:Province
State:Aceh

Teunom River is a river in northern Sumatra, in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, about 136km (85miles) southeast of Banda Aceh.[1] [2]

Geography

The river flows along the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] 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 January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4059 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 536 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. http://www.geonames.org/1213473/krueng%20teunom.html Krueng Teunom
  3. 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.
  4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016 . NASA.
  5. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016 . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.