Muturi River

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Muturi River
Sungai Muturi, Wai Moetoeri, Wai Muturi, Air Moetoeri, Moetoeri Rivier, Soengai Moetoeri
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Location of river mouth
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location West Papua
Mouth  
  location
Bintuni Bay
Length87.2 km (54.2 mi) [1]
Basin size3,660.1 km2 (1,413.2 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationNear mouth
  average287.34 m3/s (10,147 cu ft/s) [1]

[1]

The Muturi River is a river in West Papua province, Indonesia. [2] [3]

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Geography

The river flows in the West Papua province with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 19 °C. [5] The average annual rainfall is 3835 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 385 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 173 mm rainfall. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. Sungai Muturi – Geonames.org.
  4. 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 .
  5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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