Sesayap River

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Sesayap River
Sungai Sesayap, Sungai Sesajap, Sesajap-rivier
Sesayap River is located in Kalimantan
Sesayap River
River mouth location
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth Kalimantan

Sesayap River is a river in Borneo island, flowing in North Kalimantan Province, Indonesia.[1] It forms a delta which has islands including Bunyu and Tarakan Island.

Geography[]

The river flows in the northeastern 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 22 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 4020 mm. The wettest month is October, with an average of 438 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 263 mm rainfall.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Sungai Sesayap at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

Coordinates: 3°37′00″N 117°13′45″E / 3.61666°N 117.2293°E / 3.61666; 117.2293

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