Songgato River
The Songgato River (or Keerom River) is a river in northern Western Papua, Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River. The total length is 131.2 km.[3]
| Songgato River Keerom River, Sungai Keerom, Songgolo River, Sungai Songgato, Songgote Rivier, Songgoto River, Umkehr Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Songgato River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Western Papua |
| Mouth | |
• location | Taritatu River |
• elevation | 232 m (761 ft) |
| Length | 131.2 km (81.5 mi) |
Geography
The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4839 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 579 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.[6]
References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Keerom River – Geonames.org.
- Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010
- 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.
- "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.
External links
- Map of Keerom (Songgato) River dan others in Papua province. Geospasial BNPB Indonesia.
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