Telen River (Indonesia)

Telen River is a river of East Kalimantan province, Borneo island, Indonesia, about 1300 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Mahakam River.

Telen River
Sungai Telen, Tilin
Location of river mouth
Telen River (Indonesia) (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBorneo

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Borneo 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 May, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2932 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 362 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 132 mm rainfall.[5]

Telen River
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [4]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Telen 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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  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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