Waruta River

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Waruta River
Sungai Waruta, Waroeta River, Nawa Waroeta
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Location of river mouth
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Waruta River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
  location Western Papua
Mouth  
  location
Taritatu River

The Waruta River is a river in northern Western Papua in the province of Papua, Indonesia. [1] [2] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River.

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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 21 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is March, at 20 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 3489 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 444 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 162 mm rainfall. [5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Sungai Waruta - 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. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. 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 9 October 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2018.

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