Momats River
The Momats River is a river in southern Western Papua (now Papua province), Indonesia.[1][2]
| Momats River Sungai Momats, Sungai Armandville, , Pater De Cocq D’Armdville, Le Cocq d’Armandville rivier, Pater Le Coq d’Armandville Rivier, Pater Le Cocq d’Armandville Rivier, Pater le Cock d’Armandville-rivier, Momats, Pater le Cocq d Armanville, Sungai Slocgd Armandville | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Western Papua |
| Mouth | Arafura Sea |
| Length | 380 km (240 mi) |
| Basin size | 4,496 km2 (1,736 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 463.1 m3/s (16,350 cu ft/s) |
Geography
The river flows in the southern 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 23 °C. The warmest month is December, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is July, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 6240 mm. The wettest month is August, with an average of 690 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 402 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
References
- Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- Sungai Momats – 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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