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Simpang-kanan River (North Sumatra)

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For other rivers with the same name, see Simpang-kanan River. River in Indonesia
Simpang-kanan River
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Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth Sumatra
Mouth 
 • locationAceh

Simpang-kanan River (Indonesian: Sungai Simpangkanan, means: Right Junction River) is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1400 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with 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 February, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is April, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3355 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 463 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 125 mm rainfall.

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Simpangkanan 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. 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.

2°20′54″N 97°51′33″E / 2.3483°N 97.8591°E / 2.3483; 97.8591

Rivers of Sumatra
Rivers of Aceh
Rivers of Jambi
Rivers of Lampung
Rivers of North Sumatra
Rivers of Riau
Rivers of South Sumatra
Rivers of West Sumatra
Rivers of Indonesia
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