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Songgato River

Coordinates: 3°28′38″S 140°24′05″E / 3.4772°S 140.4013°E / -3.4772; 140.4013
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Songgato River
Keerom River, Sungai Keerom, Songgolo River, Sungai Songgato, Songgote Rivier, Songgoto River, Umkehr Creek
Songgato River is located in Papua (province)
Songgato River
Location of river mouth
Songgato River is located in Indonesia
Songgato River
Songgato River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Taritatu River
 • elevation
232 m (761 ft)
Length131.2 km (81.5 mi)

The Songgato River (or Keerom River) is a river in northern Western Papua, Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River. The total length is 131.2 km.[3]

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4839 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 579 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Keerom River – Geonames.org.
  3. ^ Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010
  4. ^ 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

3°28′38″S 140°24′05″E / 3.4772°S 140.4013°E / -3.4772; 140.4013

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