Wowei River
Wowei River (also Wewe or Wawe) is a river in northern West Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2][3] It flows in the Tambrauw Regency and discharges into the Pacific Ocean.[4]
| Wowei River Sungai Wowei, Wawe, Sungai Wewe, Wewe River | |
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 Wowei River in Tambrauw (Year,2012) | |
  Location in Bird's Head Peninsula  Location in Indonesia | |
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| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | West Papua |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
• location | Tambrauw Regency |
Geography
The river flows in the southern area of West Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 20 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 3322 mm.. The wettest month is June, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[7]
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References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Wowei River. Wikimapia
- Wowei River. Mapcarta
- Sungai Wowei – Geonames.org.
- 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.
- "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.
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