Bahau River
Bahau River is a river in North Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 1400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
| Bahau River Sungai Bahau | |
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  Location of river mouth  Bahau River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | North Kalimantan |
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| Source | |
| • location | Borneo |
| Mouth | Kayan River |
The river is deemed a tributary of the Kayan River.
Geography
The river flows in the northeast area of Kalimantan with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 20 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is July, at 19 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3957 mm. The wettest month is September, with an average of 446 mm rainfall, and the driest is April, with 269 mm rainfall.[5]
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References
- Sungai Bahau at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- "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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