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Rokan-kanan River Sungai Rokan Kanan
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Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sumatra
Mouth	Rokan River

Rokan-kanan River is a river in Riau province, in central part of Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 1,100 km northwest of the capital Jakarta. It is a tributary of the Rokan River.

Geography

The river flows in the central area of Sumatra, which is a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2742 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 401 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 85 mm rainfall.

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.
2. Sungai Rokan Kanan at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
3. 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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
4. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

1°23′48″N 100°56′03″E / 1.39662°N 100.93419°E / 1.39662; 100.93419

• Rivers of Riau
• Rokan basin