Wamma River
| Wamma River Wama, Sungai Wama, Wai Wamma, Sungai Wami, Sungai Wamma, Wamma-rivier | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Wamma River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Central Papua |
| Mouth | Cenderawasih Bay |
• location | Hamuku, Nabire Regency |
The Wamma River (Wami River) is a river in Central Papua, Indonesia.[1][2]
Geography
[edit]The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 5380 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 583 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 256 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
[edit]- List of drainage basins of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Western New Guinea
- Teluk Cenderawasih National Park
References
[edit]- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Sungai Wami - Geonames.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.
- ^ "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.