Gadis River

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Gadis River
Sungai Batang Gadis, Sungai Gadis, Batang Gadis, Aek Batanggadis
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Gadis River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source Barisan Mountains
 • locationPakantan, Mandailing Natal Regency
Mouth Pacific Ocean
 • location
Muara Batang Gadis, Mandailing Natal Regency
Length137.50 km (85.44 mi)
Basin size4,840 km2 (1,870 sq mi)
Basin features
River system Batang Gadis basin

Gadis River (Indonesian : Batang Gadis, means: Virgin River) is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] [2] [3]

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Geography

The river flows along the northwest area of Sumatra, which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [4] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C. [5] The average annual rainfall is 3953 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 588 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 175 mm rainfall. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ↑ Aek Batanggadis at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. ↑ RPJMP-BAB-11-Gambaran-Umum-Kondisi-Daerah.PDF Madina.go.id
  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. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
  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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