Mappi River

Mapi River is a river in southern Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2]

Mapi River
Sungai Mapi, Sungai Mappi, Mappi-rivier
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationWestern Papua
MouthDigul

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] 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.[4] 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.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Mapi - Geonames.org.
  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.
  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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