Wiriagar River

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Wiriagar River
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
 • location
West Papua

Wiriagar or Aimau River is a river in southern West Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2]

Geography[]

The river flows in the southern area of West Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3744 mm. The wettest month is June, with an average of 484 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Aimau – 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. 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.

Coordinates: 3°01′00″S 135°52′00″E / 3.01667°S 135.86667°E / -3.01667; 135.86667

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