Walanae River is a river in South Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1500km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Sulawesi with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23°C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 25°C, and the coldest is July, at 21°C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2550mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 404mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 29mm of rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Salo Welonge 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. ^ a b "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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