Sinamar River

Sinamar River is a river in West Sumatra province, in the central part of Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 900 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Ombilin/Indragiri River.

Sinamar River
Batang Sinamar, Sungai Sinamar
Location of river mouth
Sinamar River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWest Sumatra
MouthOmbilin River

Geography

The river flows in the central 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 September, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3023 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 444 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 124 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Batang Sinamar 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. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. 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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