Van Daalen River

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Van Daalen River
Sungai Vandalen, Van Daalen Rivier
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Location
Country Indonesia
Province Central Papua
Physical characteristics
Sourceconfluence of Toradja and Ruhl
  locationKampung Golu, Bina District, Puncak
  coordinates 3°22′52″S137°27′58″E / 3.381°S 137.466°E / -3.381; 137.466
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 / -3.024; 138.057
  elevation
72 m (236 ft)
Length140 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]

Contents

The river is named after Arjan van Daalen.

Geography

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]

See also

References

  1. "Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Panjang Daerah (RPJPD), Kabupaten Puncak Jaya Periode 2015-2025" (PDF). Pemda Kabupaten Puncak Jaya. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. Van Daalen River – Geonames.org.
  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. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
  4. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

3°05′S138°09′E / 3.083°S 138.150°E / -3.083; 138.150