Simpang-kiri River
| Simpang-kiri River Sungai Simpangkiri, Sungai Simpang Kiri | |
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  Location of river mouth  Simpang-kiri River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Riau |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sumatra |
| Mouth | Kateman River[1] |
• location | Riau |
Simpang-kiri River (Indonesian: Sungai Simpangkiri, means: Left Junction River) is a river in Riau province, central-eastern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 800 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[2][3]
Geography
[edit]The river flows in the central area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2667 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 402 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 104 mm rainfall.[6]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ OpenStreetMap. Accessed 19 Jan 2019.
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Sungai Simpangkiri 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.