Marisa River

Marisa River is a river in the province of Gorontalo, island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1800 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Marisa River
Sungai Marisa, Dutula Marisa, Salo Marisa, Salo Milangotaloehoe
Location of river mouth
Marisa River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationGorontalo

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Sulawesi island 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 October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2133 mm. The wettest month is July, with an average of 270 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 53 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Dutula Marisa 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.
  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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