Polapare River

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Polapare River
Kali Polapari, Loko Polapari, Sungai Polapare, Loko Polapare, Lokoe Palaparé
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Location of the mouth
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Polapare River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Sumba
Mouth Mananga Malandoh, Indian Ocean
  location
Sumba Barat Daya Regency
  elevation
1 m (3 ft 3 in)
Length18 km (11 mi)

The Polapare River (Indonesian : Kali Polapari) is a river of Sumba Barat Daya Regency in the island of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. [1] [2] The length of the river is 18 km. [3] Offshore of the river mouth are the islands of Baholokmonegoro and Barenggemonokodi; Malondobara Island is 1¼ km to the west. [4]

Contents

Geography

The river flows along the southwestern area of Sumba with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system). [5] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is March, at 23 °C. [6] The average annual rainfall is 2377 mm The wettest month is January, with an average of 444 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 15 mm rainfall. [7]

Uses

The Polapare River is developed to be a microhydro energy source. [8]

See also

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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Loko Polapari at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  3. Nama dan Panjang Sungai di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur Menurut Kabupaten/Kota – BPS NTT. Sumber: Balai Wilayah Sungai NTT II. Diakses 28 Agustus 2017.
  4. Loko Porapari. Mapcarta.
  5. 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. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
  6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
  8. (in Indonesian) Hasil Diskusi Kelompok Fokus, Kelompok Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya, MSF II NTT 14 – 15 Oktober 2014. A. Potensi Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Alam yang Berkelanjutan dan EBT.

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