Bohorok River
| Bohorok River Sungai Bohorok, Sungai Bahorok | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Bohorok River (Sumatra)  Bohorok River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | North Sumatra |
| Regency | Langkat |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Wampu River |
• location | Langkat Regency |
The Bohorok River is a river of the Langkat Regency in North Sumatra province, Indonesia, about 1,400 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1] It is a tributary of Wampu River.
Events
[edit]In October 2003, a large-scale flash flood in the Bohorok killed 242 persons.[2]
Geography
[edit]The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra 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 February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2918 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 352 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 125 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sungai Bohorok at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ www.sabo-int.org
- ^ 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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2019.