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River in Indonesia
Sekonyer River
Sungai Sekonyer, Sungai Sikunir, Soengai Sikoenir, Soengai Sikvenir
Sekonyer River is located in KalimantanSekonyer RiverLocation of the river mouthShow map of KalimantanSekonyer River is located in IndonesiaSekonyer RiverSekonyer River (Indonesia)Show map of Indonesia
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates2°46′37″S 111°42′49″E / 2.776942°S 111.713683°E / -2.776942; 111.713683
Basin features
River systemKumai River

Sekonyer is a river in southern Borneo, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, about 700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.

Hydrology

It is a tributary of the Kumai River and is fed by the Camp Leakey River.

Ecology

Part of the river traverses the Tanjung Puting National Park. Travel on the river is often done by klotok, an Indonesian riverboat. The river includes an orangutan habitat. The river is brown and murky. Gold mining takes place along it.

Geography

The river flows in the southern central area of Kalimantan with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is April when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2778 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 386 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 66 mm of rainfall.

Sekonyer River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
    198     23 20     270     24 20     305     22 22     339     26 21     282     24 22     207     23 21     118     22 21     132     26 20     66     26 21     147     24 21     386     23 21     329     22 20
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source:
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
    7.8     73 68     11     75 68     12     72 72     13     79 70     11     75 72     8.1     73 70     4.6     72 70     5.2     79 68     2.6     79 70     5.8     75 70     15     73 70     13     72 68
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

References

  1. Sungai Sikunir at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  2. ^ Sekonyer River Inmyshoestravel (includes map)
  3. Living on a klotok Inmyshoestravel (includes photographs)
  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.

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Rivers of Kalimantan
Rivers of Central Kalimantan
Rivers of East Kalimantan
Rivers of North Kalimantan
Rivers of South Kalimantan
Rivers of West Kalimantan
Rivers of Indonesia
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