Wildeman River Explained

Wildeman River
Other Name:Sungai Wildeman, Wildeman-rivier, Sungai Widemen
Pushpin Map:Indonesia South Papua#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Pushpin Map Relief:1
Source1 Location:Western Papua
Mouth Location:Pulau River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Indonesia

The Wildeman River is a river in South Papua, Indonesia.[1] [2] It is a tributary of the Pulau River.

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 19 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 6225 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 807 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 341 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

-5.55°N 152°W

Notes and References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. http://www.geonames.org/1621558/sungai%20widemen.html Sungai Widemen
  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.