The Kampung River is a river in southern South Papua, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Pulau River.

Kampung River
Sungai Kampung, Sungai Kampong, As-Rivier, Kampoeng-rivier
Kampung River is located in South Papua
Kampung River
Location of river mouth
Kampung River is located in Indonesia
Kampung River
Kampung River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Pulau River

Geography

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The river flows in the southern area of 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 25 °C, and the coldest is July, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 5547 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 594 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 384 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Kampong - Geonames.org.
  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. 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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