Kadassa River

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Kadassa River
Luku Kadahang, Sungai Kadahang, Luku Kadassa, Sungai Kadassa, Maharang River, Loekoe Kadaha, Loekoe Kadessa, Soengai Kadessa, Kadaha River, Rivier Kadesa, Luku Kadaha of Kadassa
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Kadassa River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Sumba
Mouth Sawu Sea

The Kadassa River (Indonesian : Luku Kadahang) is a river of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. [1] [2] [3]

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Geography

The river flows along the northern area of Sumba with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as As in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [4] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 32 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C. [5] The average annual rainfall is 1441 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 206 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 8 mm rainfall. [6]

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Climate chart (explanation)
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Imperial conversion
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See also

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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Luku Kadahang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  3. "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 21 June 2015.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
  5. 1 2 "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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