Banyuasin River
| Banyuasin River Sungai Banyuasin, Air Banyuasin, Air Banjoeasin, Banyu Asin, Air Banjoesit, Air Banjuasin | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Banyuasin River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | South Sumatra |
The Banyuasin River (Indonesian: Sungai Banyuasin, lit. 'Salty Water River') is a river in southern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 500 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
Geography
[edit]The river flows in the southern area of Sumatra 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 July, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is March, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2579 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 344 mm rainfall, and the driest September, with 99 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Air Banyuasin at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.