Widas River

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Widas River
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Physical characteristics
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  location East Java
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Brantas River

The Widas River is a river in northern East Java, Indonesia. [1] It is a tributary of the Brantas River. [2]

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Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Java with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification). [3] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 29 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C. [4] The average annual rainfall is 2982 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 496 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 28 mm rainfall. [5]

Widas River
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References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Kali Widas – 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. 1 2 "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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