Wera River | |
Name Other: | Wae Wera, Sungai Wera |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Flores#Indonesia Lesser Sunda Islands#Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the river |
Source1 Location: | Bombong, West Manggarai Regency |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Indonesia |
Basin Size: | 1081km2[1] |
River System: | Reo Waepesi basin (DAS420815)[2] |
Cities: | Reok (Reo); Ruteng |
Bridges: | Reok bridge |
Source2 Location: | Langke Rembong, Manggarai Regency, East Nusa Tenggara |
Source2: | Poco Mandasawu montain; Golo Lusang Manggarai National forest; |
Source1: | Watu Tunggur National Reserve |
Custom Label: | River Basin Management Unit |
Custom Data: | BPDAS Benain Noelmina[3] |
The Wera River is a river of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, about 1500 km east of the capital Jakarta.[4] [5]
The Wera River flows in the Manggarai Timur Regency and during wet season, the current is quite high to threaten the damage of "Wae Wera Bridge" in the village of Nanga Baras, Sambi Rampas district, or the northern main traffic route of Flores.[6] [7]
The river flows in the middle to the north of Flores with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as Aw in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[8] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is November, when the average temperature is around 30 °C, and the coldest is February, at 23 °C.[9] The average annual rainfall is 1686 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 302 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 8 mm rainfall.[10]