Warenai River Explained

Warenai River
Name Other:Sungai Warenai, Warenai-rivier
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Source1 Location:Central Papua
Mouth Location:Cenderawasih Bay, Nabire Regency
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1: Indonesia
Length:[1]
Discharge1 Avg:[2]
Basin Size:[3]

The Warenai River is a river in northern New Guinea, Central Papua, Indonesia.[4] [5] Tributaries include the Wapoga River.

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is November, at 22 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 5824 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 733 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 300 mm rainfall.[8]

See also

References

-2.8667°N 135.9167°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Irian Jaya Coast.
  2. Web site: Irian Jaya Coast.
  3. Web site: Irian Jaya Coast.
  4. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  5. http://www.geonames.org/1622017/warenai.html Warenai
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016 . NASA.
  8. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016 . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.