Pono River

Pono River (Indonesian: Sungai Noel Ponu; Sungai Pono) is a river on the Indonesian part of the island of Timor, so-called West Timor, which is in the territory of the East Nusa Tenggara province,[1] about 2000 km east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.[2]

Pono River
Sungai Noel Ponu, Sungai Pono, Pono Rivier, Noil Ponoe, Noil Ponu, Noë Ponoe
Location of river mouth
Pono River (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Pono River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTimor
MouthSawu Sea
 • location
Atambua
 • coordinates
9.12111°S 124.66972°E / -9.12111; 124.66972

History

On November 4, 2010, the river overflowed, killing some 16 people and destroying 134 homes,a and 825 people were displaced from their homes.[1]

Geography
Noel Ponu
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [3]

The river flows in the southwest of Timor with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as Aw in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 1575 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 297 mm, and the driest is September, with 6 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Jakarta Post
  2. Noel Ponu at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated January 17, 2012; Database dump downloaded November 27, 2015
  3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. January 30, 2016.
  4. 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. January 30, 2016.
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