Tamiang River

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Tamiang River
Sungai Tamiang, Tamiang Rivier
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Tamiang River (Sumatra)
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Tamiang River (Indonesia)
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Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Aceh, Sumatra

Tamiang River is a river in the province of Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia,  [1] [2]

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Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature is around 27 °C, and the coldest is October, at 22 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 3483 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 522 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 178 mm rainfall. [5]

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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Tamiang 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. "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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