| Mapi River Sungai Mapi, Sungai Mappi, Mappi-rivier | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | South Papua |
| Mouth | Digul |
| Length | 145 km (90 mi) [1] |
| Basin size | 8,307 km2 (3,207 sq mi) [2] [3] 9,581.7 km2 (3,699.5 sq mi) [1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | (Period: 2002–2011)580 m3/s (20,000 cu ft/s) [2] [3] (Period: 1971–2000)540.7 m3/s (19,090 cu ft/s) [1] |
The Mapi River or Mappi River (Indonesian: Sungai Mapi) is a river in South Papua, Indonesia. [4] [5]
The river flows in South 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 22 °C. The warmest month is February when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C. [7] The average annual rainfall is 3143 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 403 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 66 mm rainfall. [8] The average rainfall for the whole catchment area between 2002 and 2011 was 3577 mm. [3]