Tungkal River

Tungkal River is a river in Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 700 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Tungkal River
Sungai Tungkal, Soengai Toengkal, Toengkal River, Soengai Toengkat
Location of river mouth
Tungkal River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceJambi
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumatra
MouthMalacca Strait

Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2907 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 410 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 137 mm rainfall.[5]

Tungkal River
Climate chart (explanation)
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410
 
 
23
20
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [4]

See also

References
  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Tungkal 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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