Wamma River

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Wamma River
Wama, Sungai Wama, Wai Wamma, Sungai Wami, Sungai Wamma, Wamma-rivier
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Wamma River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Western Papua
Mouth  
  location
Nabire Regency

The Wamma River (Wami River) is a river in northern part of Western Papua, Papua province, Indonesia. [1] [2]

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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 22 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 5380 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 583 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 256 mm rainfall. [5]

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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Wami - 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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
  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.

Coordinates: 3°22′30″S135°13′08″E / 3.3751°S 135.219°E / -3.3751; 135.219