Kamundan River Wai Kamoendan, Soengai Kamoendan, Sungai Kumandan | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
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 |
Length | 340.6 km (211.6 mi) [1] |
Basin size | 5,865 km2 (2,264 sq mi) [1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | 386.45 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]
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]
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]
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