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Gadis River Sungai Batang Gadis, Sungai Gadis, Batang Gadis, Aek Batanggadis
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Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source	Barisan Mountains
• location	Pakantan, Mandailing Natal Regency
Mouth	Pacific Ocean
• location	Muara Batang Gadis, Mandailing Natal Regency
Length	137.50 km (85.44 mi)
Basin size	4,840 km (1,870 sq mi)
Basin features
River system	Batang Gadis basin

Gadis River (Indonesian: Batang Gadis, means: Virgin River) is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

Geography

The river flows along the northwest area of Sumatra, which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3953 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 588 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 175 mm rainfall.

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers in Sumatra

References

1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
2. Aek Batanggadis at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
3. RPJMP-BAB-11-Gambaran-Umum-Kondisi-Daerah.PDF Madina.go.id
4. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

1°02′54″N 98°55′45″E / 1.0483°N 98.9292°E / 1.0483; 98.9292

• Rivers of North Sumatra
• Batang Gadis basin