Komering River

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Komering River
Sungai Komering, Air Komering
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Location of river mouth
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Komering River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location South Sumatra
Mouth Musi River (Indonesia)
  location
Palembang
Basin features
River system Musi basin

The Komering River is a river in South Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] It is a tributary of the Musi River. [2]

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Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Sumatra which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification). [3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is October, with the average temperature of 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 2,902 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 435 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 83 mm rainfall. [5]

Komering River
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
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Source: [4]
Imperial conversion
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Air Komering – 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 21 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 21 December 2018.

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