Berau River
| Berau River | |
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  Location of river mouth  Berau River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | East Kalimantan |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Borneo |
Berau River is a river of Borneo, East Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 1500 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] Tributaries include the Kelai River.
Geography
The river flows in the eastern area of Kalimantan with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2835 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 332 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 154 mm rainfall.[5]
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See also
References
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Sungai Berau at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ a b "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.