Kelai River

Kelai River is a river of Borneo, in the province of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 1500 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Berau River.

Kelai River
Sungai Kelai, Kilai
Location of river mouth
Kelai River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBorneo
MouthBerau River

Geography

The river flows in the eastern 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 23 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2835 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 332 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 154 mm rainfall.[5]

Kelai River
Climate chart (explanation)
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186
 
 
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154
 
 
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283
 
 
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332
 
 
23
21
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [4]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Kelai at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. 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.
  4. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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