Tripa River

Tripa River is a river in the province of Aceh, northern Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Tripa River
Krueng Tripa, Sungai Tripa, Tripa-rivier, Tripo, Krueng Teripa
Location of river mouth
Tripa River (Sumatra)
Tripa River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationAceh, Sumatra

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 January, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is August, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4124 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 541 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 193 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Krueng Tripa 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. 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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