Muturi River

River in Indonesia
Muturi River is located in Western New Guinea
Muturi River
Location of river mouth
LocationCountryIndonesiaPhysical characteristicsSource  • locationWest Papua Mouth 
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Bintuni BayLength87.2 km (54.2 mi)[1]Basin size3,660.1 km2 (1,413.2 sq mi)Discharge  • locationNear mouth • average287.34 m3/s (10,147 cu ft/s)[1]

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The Muturi River is a river in West Papua province, Indonesia.[2][3]

Geography

The river flows in the West Papua province with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 19 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3835 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 385 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 173 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. ^ Sungai Muturi – Geonames.org.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

2°09′28″S 133°43′26″E / 2.1579°S 133.7238°E / -2.1579; 133.7238

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Rivers of Western New Guinea