Van Daalen River Sungai Vandalen, Van Daalen Rivier | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Province | Central Papua |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | confluence of Toradja and Ruhl |
• location | Kampung Golu, Bina District, Puncak |
• coordinates | 3°22′52″S137°27′58″E / 3.381°S 137.466°E |
Mouth | Tariku River (border of Central Papua and Papua) |
• location | Kampung Deide, Dagai District, Puncak Jaya |
• coordinates | 3°01′26″S138°03′25″E / 3.024°S 138.057°E |
• elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
Length | 140 km |
The Van Daalen River (Indonesian: Sungai Vandalen) is a river of Western New Guinea in Puncak Jaya and Puncak, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is a tributary of Tariku River. [1] [2]
The river is named after Arjan van Daalen.
The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 18 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 5121 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 573 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 324 mm rainfall. [5]