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Rawas River Sungai Rawas, Air Rawas, Batang Air Rawas
The Rawas River at Bien Gien Telok, Rawas district, Sumatra
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Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sumatra
Mouth	Musi River
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Simpang-kanan River

The Rawas River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 500 km (300 mi) northwest of the capital Jakarta It is a tributary of the Musi River.

Geography

The river flows in the southern 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 23 °C (73 °F). The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C (75 °F), and the coldest is June, at 22 °C (72 °F). The average annual rainfall is 3,546 mm (139.6 in). The wettest month is December, with an average of 482 mm (19.0 in) rainfall, and the driest is June, with 115 mm (4.5 in) of rain.

See also

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

References

1. • Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
   • Air Rawas - Geonames.org.
2. 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
4. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

2°42′23″S 103°24′00″E / 2.7063°S 103.3999°E / -2.7063; 103.3999

• Rivers of South Sumatra
• Musi basin