Tamiang River is a river in the province of Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia[1][2]

Tamiang River
Sungai Tamiang, Tamiang Rivier
Tamiang River is located in Aceh
Tamiang River
Location of river mouth
Tamiang River is located in Sumatra
Tamiang River
Tamiang River (Sumatra)
Tamiang River is located in Indonesia
Tamiang River
Tamiang River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAceh, Sumatra

Geography

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The river flows in the northern 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 June, when the average temperature is around 27 °C, and the coldest is October, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3483 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 522 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 178 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Tamiang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  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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