Mendawai River

Mendawai River is a river of Borneo, it is located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. With a total length of 616 km (383 mi).[3][4] The longhouses of the Pendahara are located along the river in its upper course. The river has its source in the Schwaner Mountain Range.[5]

Mendawai River
Soengai Katingin, Soengai Mendawei, Soengai Ketingan, Mendawi, Soengai Katingan
Mendawai and other rivers in Central Kalimantan
Native nameSungai Mendawai
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceCentral Kalimantan
Physical characteristics
SourceBorneo
Mouth 
 • location
Java Sea
Length616 km (383 mi)
Basin size18,600 km2 (7,200 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationmouth
 • average1,414 m3/s (49,900 cu ft/s)[2]

Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of Borneo with 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 September, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 20 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 2991 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 476 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 75 mm rainfall.[8]

See also

References
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  3. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  4. Sungai Mendawai - Geonames.org.
  5. "Central Kalimantan". Goarchi. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
  6. 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.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  8. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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