Kumbe River
Sungai Kumbe, Koembe-rivier
Kumbe River is located in South Papua
Kumbe River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHighland Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Merauke Regency, Arafura Sea
Length300.42 km (186.67 mi)
Basin size3,765.9 km2 (1,454.0 sq mi)
Width 
 • minimum97 m (318 ft)
 • maximum700.1 m (2,297 ft)
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average121.2 m3/s (4,280 cu ft/s)

The Kumbe is a river of Merauke Regency, South Papua, Indonesia.[1] It has a distinct meandering course, with a total length of 242 km, and a width of around 97–700.1 m.[2] The Bian River and the Maro River are part of the same basin.[3]

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is November when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 21 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2160 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 399 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 26 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Sungai Kumbe – Geonames.org.
  2. ^ Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010
  3. ^ "www.papuaweb.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 January 2011. Retrieved 20 December 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

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