Kumu River

Kumu River is a river in Riau province, central-eastern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1100 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Rokan River.

Kumu River
Sungai Kumu
Location of river mouth
Kumu River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceRiau
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationSumatra
MouthRokan River

Geography

The river flows in the central 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 March, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3766 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 336 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 113 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Kumu 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. 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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