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River in Indonesia
Sampara River
Sungai Sampara, Salo Sampara, Sampara-rivier
Sampara River is located in SulawesiSampara RiverLocation of river mouthShow map of SulawesiSampara River is located in IndonesiaSampara RiverSampara River (Indonesia)Show map of Indonesia
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSoutheast Sulawesi
Length341 km (212 mi)
Basin size6,905.9 km (2,666.4 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average157.5 m/s (5,560 cu ft/s)

Sampara River is a river in the province of Southeast Sulawesi on the Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1800 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.

Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2926 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 461 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 27 mm rainfall.

Sampara River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
    295     23 22     287     23 19     321     25 21     271     24 23     461     23 23     378     24 20     366     24 21     92     24 22     31     27 24     27     28 24     112     28 24     285     25 21
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source:
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
    12     73 72     11     73 66     13     77 70     11     75 73     18     73 73     15     75 68     14     75 70     3.6     75 72     1.2     81 75     1.1     82 75     4.4     82 75     11     77 70
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

References

  1. ^ "Java-Timor-Sulawesi".
  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. Sungai Sampara at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  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.

3°49′00″S 122°28′00″E / 3.81667°S 122.46667°E / -3.81667; 122.46667

Rivers of Sulawesi
Rivers of Central Sulawesi
Rivers of South Sulawesi
Rivers of Indonesia
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