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River
Teunom River
Krueng Teunom, Sungai Teunom, Tönom
Mouth location of Krueng Teunom (blue) and its sources (green)
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceAceh
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Hulumasen
 • locationSumatra
 • coordinates5°02′44″N 95°37′55″E / 5.0456°N 95.6319°E / 5.0456; 95.6319
 • elevation2,280 m (7,480 ft)
2nd sourceMount Peuët Sagoë (Barisan Mountains)
 • locationGeumpang (Pidie)
 • elevation2,500 m (8,200 ft)
3rd sourceTangse valley
 • locationTangse (Pidie)
 • elevation1,000 m (3,300 ft)
MouthIndian Ocean
 • locationTeunom
 • coordinates4°26′36″N 95°48′18″E / 4.44324°N 95.80509°E / 4.44324; 95.80509
Basin size2,550 km (980 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemTeunom basin

Teunom River is a river in northern Sumatra, in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, about 136 kilometres (85 miles) southeast of Banda Aceh.

Geography

The river flows along 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 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 4059 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 536 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Krueng Teunom at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; 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.
  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.
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
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