Sekayam River is a river of Borneo, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia.[2] It is a tributary of the Kapuas River.[3] The Public Forest System Utility Program (Program Pemberdayaan Sistem Hutan Kerakyatan; PPSHK) has a scheme on the river aimed at reducing the level of mercury content absorbed by humans.[4]
| Sekayam River Sungai Sekayam, Sungai Sekajam, Soengai Sekajan | |
|---|---|
  River mouth location  Sekayam River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Borneo |
| Mouth | Kapuas River |
• location | Sanggau |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Kapuas basin (DAS320470)[1] |
Hydrology
editThe river flows through the dense rainforest of Borneo. The Entabai River enters the Sekayam River.
Geography
editThe river flows in the western area of Borneo island with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is August when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is November, at 20 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 3680 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 466 mm of rainfall, and the driest is June, with 181 mm of rainfall.[7]
Use
editDuring the 1880s the river was exploited for its Cinnabar and antimony in its far upper course.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hukum Online. "Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan No. SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011" (in Indonesian).
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Sungai Sekayam at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ "Increasing Public and Community Awareness on Health and Environment Impacted by Mercury in Sekayam Watershed, West Kalimantan (INDO/04/53)". UNDP. Retrieved October 30, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
- ^ Tagliacozzo, Eric (2007). Secret trades, porous borders: smuggling and states along a Southeast Asian frontier, 1865-1915. NUS Press. p. 36. ISBN 978-9971-69-385-5.