Kamundan River

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Kamundan River
Wai Kamoendan, Soengai Kamoendan, Sungai Kumandan
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Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Manokwari Regency, West Papua
Mouth  
  location
Bintuni Bay, Sorong Selatan Regency
  coordinates
2°17′18″S132°38′29″E / 2.2882°S 132.6415°E / -2.2882; 132.6415
Length340.6 km (211.6 mi) [1]
Basin size5,865 km2 (2,264 sq mi) [1]
Discharge 
  locationNear mouth
  average386.45 m3/s (13,647 cu ft/s) [1]

The Kamundan River is a river in southern West Papua province, Indonesia. [2] [3] Kamundan is mostly still natural with the upstream in Manokwari Regency and river mouth at the border of Bintuni Bay and Sorong Selatan Regency. [4] It is also known as the "Sungai Kamundan". [5]

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Geography

The river flows in the southern area of West Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [6] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is January when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C. [7] The average annual rainfall is 3744 mm. The wettest month is June, with an average of 484 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall. [8]

Ecology

The Kamundan River has many trees on both banks as well as clear and calm water. Some species can be found around this river including saltwater crocodiles, primates, a variety of hornbills, yellow-crested cockatoos, and bats. [4]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. Sungai Kamundan – Geonames.org.
  4. 1 2 8 Sungai yang terdapat di Papua. Ilmu Geografi.com
  5. "Kamundan River".
  6. 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 .
  7. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  8. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.