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Sekampung River

Coordinates: 5°34′36″S 105°48′52″E / 5.5767°S 105.81456°E / -5.5767; 105.81456
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Sekampung River
Sungai Sekampung, Wai Sekampung, Wai Sekampoeng
Sekampung River is located in Sumatra
Sekampung River
Location of river mouth
Sekampung River is located in Indonesia
Sekampung River
Sekampung River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLampung, Sumatra
MouthJava Sea

Sekampung River is a river in Lampung province, southern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 130 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Geography

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The river flows in the southeast area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af 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 28 °C, and the coldest is March, at 25 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2932 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 433 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 63 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Wai Sekampung - 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. 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.

5°34′36″S 105°48′52″E / 5.5767°S 105.81456°E / -5.5767; 105.81456