Berau River
Berau River is located in Kalimantan
Berau River
Location of the river mouth
Berau River is located in Indonesia
Berau River
Berau River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceEast Kalimantan
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBorneo
  elevation1,800 m (5,900 ft)[1]
MouthCelebes Sea
  coordinates
2°10′37″N 117°55′52″E / 2.177°N 117.931°E / 2.177; 117.931
Length300 km (190 mi)
Basin size14,000 km2 (5,400 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
  locationGunung Tabur, Kalimantan Timur
  average(Period of data: 1998-2007)703 m3/s (24,800 cu ft/s) (Year: 2007)605 m3/s (21,400 cu ft/s)[1]
  minimum200 m3/s (7,100 cu ft/s)[1]
  maximum2,896 m3/s (102,300 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River systemBerau basin (DAS320058)[2]

Berau River is a river of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 300 kilometers (190 miles) north of the provincial capital Samarinda.[3][4] Tributaries include the Kelai River.

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Kalimantan with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C (73 °F). The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 24 °C (75 °F), and the coldest is January, at 22 °C (72 °F).[6] The average annual rainfall is 2,835 millimeters (111.6 inches). The wettest month is December, with an average of 332-millimeter (13.1 in) rainfall, and the driest is August, with 154-millimeter (6.1 in) rainfall.[7]

Berau River
Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [6]
Imperial conversion
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Precipitation totals in inches

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Frans A., Buschman; A.J.F., Hoitink; Steven Michael, De Jong; P., Hoekstra; H., Hidayat; Maximiliano, Sassi (November 2012). "Suspended sediment load in the tidal zone of an Indonesian river".
  2. Hukum Online. "Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan No. SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011" (in Indonesian).
  3. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  4. Sungai Berau at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  5. 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. 1 2 "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
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