Tabai River
Tabai River is a river in northern part of Western Papua, Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2]
| Tabai River Sungai Tabai, Wai Tabai, Tabai-rivier | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Tabai River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Western Papua |
| Mouth | |
• location | Nabire Regency |
Geography
The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] 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 September, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 5543 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 550 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 263 mm rainfall.[5]
References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Tabai – 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. 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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