Manado River

The Manado is a river of North Sulawesi on Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 2200 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1] Tributaries include the Sawangan River, Timbukar River and the Ranoyapo River.

Manado River
Sungai Tondano, Sungai Manado, Kuala Tondano, Kali Menado, Kali Tondano, Menado River, Manado Rivier, Kali Menodo, Kali Manado, Salo Manado
Manado River
Location of river mouth
Manado River (Indonesia)
Native nameCi Buni
Location
CountryIndonesia
StateNorth Sulawesi

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[2] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 2462 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 315 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 75 mm rainfall.[4]

References

  1. Sungai Tondano at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  2. 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  4. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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