Seremuk River

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Seremuk River
Sungai Seremuk, Seremoek-rivier, Soengai Seremoek
Seremuk River is located in Western New Guinea
Seremuk River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouthwest Papua
Length66.65 km (41.41 mi)[1]
Basin size524.8 km2 (202.6 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average32.4 m3/s (1,140 cu ft/s)[1]

The Seremuk River is a river in Southwest Papua, Indonesia.[2]

Geography[edit]

The river flows in the southern area of Southwest Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is December, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is August, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4797 mm. The wettest month is June, with an average of 662 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 225 mm rainfall.[5]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  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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