Gadis River

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Gadis River
Sungai Batang Gadis, Sungai Gadis, Batang Gadis, Aek Batanggadis
Gadis River is located in Sumatra
Gadis River
Location of the mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumatra
Length137.50 km (85.44 mi)

Gadis River (Indonesian: Batang Gadis, means: Virgin River) is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.[1][2][3]

Geography[]

The river flows along the northwest area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3953 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 588 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 175 mm rainfall.[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Aek Batanggadis at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. ^ RPJMP-BAB-11-Gambaran-Umum-Kondisi-Daerah.PDF Madina.go.id
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

Coordinates: 1°02′54″N 98°55′45″E / 1.0483°N 98.9292°E / 1.0483; 98.9292

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