Mappi River
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| Mapi River Sungai Mapi, Sungai Mappi, Mappi-rivier | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | South Papua |
| Mouth | Digul |
| Length | 145 km (90 mi)[1] |
Basin size | 8,307 km2 (3,207 mi2)[2][3] 9,581.7 km2 (3,699.5 mi2)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (Period: 2002–2011)580 m3/s (20,000 cu ft/s)[2][3] (Period: 1971–2000)540.7 m3/s (19,090 cu ft/s)[1] |
The Mapi River or Mappi River (Indonesian: Sungai Mapi) is a river in South Papua, Indonesia.[4][5]
Geography
[edit]The river flows in South Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is February when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 3143 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 403 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 66 mm rainfall.[8] The average rainfall for the whole catchment area between 2002 and 2011 was 3577 mm.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Bulaka".
- 1 2 "Register". publicwiki.deltares.nl. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- 1 2 3 van Beek, E.; Bons, K.; Brinkman, J. (2013). "Final report Einlanden-Digul-Bikuma basin IWRM case study".
- ↑ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ↑ Sungai Mapi - 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. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2018.