Sesayap River

Sesayap River is a river in Borneo island, flowing in North Kalimantan Province, Indonesia.[1] It forms a delta which has islands including Bunyu and Tarakan Island.

Sesayap River
Sungai Sesayap, Sungai Sesajap, Sesajap-rivier
River mouth location
Sesayap River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationNorth Kalimantan

Geography

The river flows in the northeastern area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[2] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 4020 mm. The wettest month is October, with an average of 438 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 263 mm rainfall.[4]

See also

References

  1. Sungai Sesayap at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  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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