Karama River

Karama River is a river on the island of Sulawesi, in the province of West Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Karama River
Location of river mouth
Karama River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationWest Sulawesi

Geography

The river flows in the west area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 27 °C, and the coldest is May, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2863 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 367 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 108 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Lelo Karama 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: 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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