Keriau River
| Keriau River | |
|---|---|
  River mouth location | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | West Kalimantan, Borneo |
| Mouth | Pawan River |
| Length | 197 kilometres (122 mi) |
The Keriau or Krio River is a tributary of the Pawan River in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.[1]
Hydrology[]
The upper course of the river was the location of the (est. around 1700), later renamed .
The Krio River rapids are reached by starting from Pontianak in the direction of Ketapang by speedboat for six hours, then a four-hour trip in a smaller boat.
Geography[]
The river flows in the western area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[2] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 3726 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 495 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 160 mm rainfall.[4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Sungai Keriau at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
Coordinates: 1°13′00″S 110°34′00″E / 1.21667°S 110.56667°E
- Rivers of West Kalimantan
- Rivers of Indonesia