Mappi River
The Mapi River or Mappi River (Indonesian: Sungai Mapi) is a river in southern Papua province, Indonesia.[3][4]
| Mapi River Sungai Mapi, Sungai Mappi, Mappi-rivier | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Western Papua |
| Mouth | Digul |
| Basin size | 8,307 km2 (3,207 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (Period of data: 2002-2011)580 m3/s (20,000 cu ft/s)[2] |
Geography
The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 3143-3577 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 403 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 66 mm rainfall.[7]
See also
References
- https://publicwiki.deltares.nl/display/JCP/Final+Reports.
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{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Sungai Mapi - 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.
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