Bila River (North Sumatra)
The Bila River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1200 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Barumun River.
| Bila River Sungai Bila, Soengai Bilah, Batang Bila, Air Bila | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Bila River (North Sumatra) (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | North Sumatra |
| Mouth | Barumun River |
• location | Tanjung Sarang Elang |
Geography
The river flows in the southwest area of Java 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 August, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3766 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 126 mm rainfall.[5]
References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Sungai Bila at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- 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.
- "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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