Wiriagar River
Location
Country Indonesia
StateWest Papua
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWest Papua
MouthBintuni Bay
 • location
Weriagar, Teluk Bintuni Regency, West Papua
Length73.6 km (45.7 mi)[1]
Basin size3,873 km2 (1,495 sq mi)[2]
Discharge 
 • average239.2 m3/s (8,450 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River systemWariagar basin (DAS720146)[2]

The Wiriagar or Aimau River is a river in southern West Papua province, Indonesia.[3][4]

Map
Wiriagar drainage and its main stem which empties into Bintuni Bay, West Papua

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of West Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 3744 mm. The wettest month is June, with an average of 484 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. ^ a b https://hukumonline.com/pusatdata/detail/lt4f2f760d2fff3/keputusan-menteri-kehutanan-nomor-sk511menhutv2011-tahun-2011
  3. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  4. ^ Sungai Aimau – Geonames.org.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  7. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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