Muturi River
| Muturi River Sungai Muturi, Wai Moetoeri, Wai Muturi, Air Moetoeri, Moetoeri Rivier, Soengai Moetoeri | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | West Papua |
| Mouth | |
• location | Bintuni Bay |
| Length | 87.2 km (54.2 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 3,660.1 km2 (1,413.2 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 287.34 m3/s (10,147 cu ft/s)[1] |
The Muturi River is a river in West Papua province, Indonesia.[2][3]
Geography
[edit]The river flows in the West Papua province 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 October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 19 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3835 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 385 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 173 mm rainfall.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Irian Jaya Coast".
- ↑ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ↑ Sungai Muturi – Geonames.org.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.