Kluet River

Kluet River is a river in the province of Aceh, in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1500 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Kluet River
Krueng Kluet, Sungai Kluet, Kloeët-rivier, Kluat, Kroeëng Kloeët
Location of river mouth
Kluet River (Sumatra)
Kluet River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationAceh, Sumatra

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra 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 February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3153 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 126 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Krueng Kluet 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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