Berau River

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Berau River
Berau River is located in Kalimantan
Berau River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceEast Kalimantan
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBorneo

Berau River is a river of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of the provincial capital Samarinda.[1][2] Tributaries include the Kelai River.

Geography[]

The river flows in the eastern area of Kalimantan 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 (73 °F). The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 24 °C (75 °F), and the coldest is January, at 22 °C (72 °F).[4] The average annual rainfall is 2,835 millimeters (111.6 inches). The wettest month is December, with an average of 332-millimeter (13.1 in) rainfall, and the driest is August, with 154-millimeter (6.1 in) rainfall.[5]

Berau River
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Berau at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

Coordinates: 2°10′N 117°42′E / 2.167°N 117.700°E / 2.167; 117.700

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