Sambas River

Sambas River, or specifically referred to  Big Sambas River (Indonesian: Sungai Sambas Besar), is a river in Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.[1] The upstream is located in  Kabupaten Bengkayang, flowing through the city of Sambas, continuing to Pemangkat where it discharges into South China Sea.[2]

Sambas River
Sungai Sambas, Sungai Sambas Besar
Sambas river in Sambas Regency, West Kalimantan, viewed from the middle, at Sejangkung.
River mouth location
Sambas River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBengkayang
MouthSouth China Sea
 • location
Pemangkat
 • coordinates
1°11′26″N 108°58′02″E
Length233 km (145 mi)
Width 
 • minimum150 m (490 ft)
 • maximum400 m (1,300 ft)
Depth 
 • minimum10 m (33 ft)
 • maximum30 m (98 ft)

Hydrology

The river is considered deep. In mouth area, the depth reaches 30 m, whereas in upstream part it is about 10 m. The width of the river is 400 m in average, while only 150 m in upstream part. The length of river is about 233 km.[3]

Geography

The river flows in the western area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is January, at 21 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3542 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 485 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 106 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

References
  1. Sungai Sambas at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  2. Yusriadi (2015). "Identitas Orang Melayu di Hulu Sungai Sambas". Khatulistiwa. Pontianak: IAIN Pontianak. 5: 74 –&#32, 99.
  3. Gambaran Umum Aspek Geografis Kalimantan Barat Pemerintah Provinsi Kalimantan Barat. Diakses pada 27 Juni 2018.
  4. 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.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
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