Mamasa River

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Mamasa River
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Mamasa River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location South Sulawesi
Mouth = Sadang River

Mamasa River is a river in Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] [2] It is a tributary of the Sadang River.

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Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 24 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 2500 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 387 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 68 mm rainfall. [5]

Mamasa River
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [4]
Imperial conversion
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches

See also

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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Mamasa at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  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. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 . Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. 1 2 "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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