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Kluet River

Coordinates: 3°03′17″N 97°18′59″E / 3.0547°N 97.3164°E / 3.0547; 97.3164
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Kluet River
Krueng Kluet, Sungai Kluet, Kloeët-rivier, Kluat, Kroeëng Kloeët
Kluet River is located in Northern Sumatra
Kluet River
Location of river mouth
Kluet River is located in Sumatra
Kluet River
Kluet River (Sumatra)
Kluet River is located in Indonesia
Kluet River
Kluet River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAceh, Sumatra

Kluet River is a river in the province of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1,500 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra, which has a 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 July, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3153 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 126 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Krueng Kluet at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. ^ "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.

3°03′17″N 97°18′59″E / 3.0547°N 97.3164°E / 3.0547; 97.3164