Simpang-kanan River (North Sumatra)
Simpang-kanan River (Indonesian: Sungai Simpangkanan, means: Right Junction River) is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1400 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
| Simpang-kanan River Sungai Simpangkanan, Sungai Simpang Kanan, Lae Tjinendang, Lae Cinendang, Aek Simpangkanan | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Simpang-kanan River (North Sumatra) (Sumatra)  Simpang-kanan River (North Sumatra) (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | North Sumatra |
| Mouth | |
• location | Aceh |
Geography
The river flows in the northern 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 February, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is April, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3355 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 463 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 125 mm rainfall.[5]
References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Sungai Simpangkanan at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- 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.
- "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
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