Bulaka River

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Bulaka River
Boelaka-rivier
Bulaka River is located in Papua (province)
Bulaka River
Location of river mouth
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
MouthArafura Sea
 • coordinates
8°06′S 139°12′E / 8.1°S 139.2°E / -8.1; 139.2Coordinates: 8°06′S 139°12′E / 8.1°S 139.2°E / -8.1; 139.2

Bulaka River is a river in southern Western Papua, in the Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2]

Geography[]

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2155 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 356 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 16 mm rainfall.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Bulaka - Geonames.org.
  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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  4. ^ "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.
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