Bulaka River

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Bulaka River
Boelaka-rivier
Indonesia Papua location map.svg
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Location of river mouth
Location
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Western Papua
Mouth Arafura Sea
  coordinates
8°06′S139°12′E / 8.1°S 139.2°E / -8.1; 139.2

The Bulaka River is a river in southern Western Papua, in the Papua province, Indonesia. [1] [2]

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Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 2155 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 356 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 16 mm rainfall. [5]

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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Bulaka - Geonames.org.
  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. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
  4. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2018.