Jump to content

Kamundan River

Coordinates: 2°17′18″S 132°38′29″E / 2.2882°S 132.6415°E / -2.2882; 132.6415
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Kamundan River
Wai Kamoendan, Soengai Kamoendan, Sungai Kumandan
Kamundan River is located in Western New Guinea
Kamundan River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationManokwari Regency, West Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Bintuni Bay, Sorong Selatan Regency
 • coordinates
2°17′18″S 132°38′29″E / 2.2882°S 132.6415°E / -2.2882; 132.6415
Length340.6 km (211.6 mi)[1]
Basin size5,865 km2 (2,264 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average386.45 m3/s (13,647 cu ft/s)[1]

The Kamundan River is a river in southern West Papua province, Indonesia.[2][3] Kamundan is mostly still natural with the upstream in Manokwari Regency and river mouth at the border of Bintuni Bay and Sorong Selatan Regency.[4] It is also known as the "Sungai Kamundan".[5]

Geography

[edit]

The river flows in the southern area of West Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is January when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 3744 mm. The wettest month is June, with an average of 484 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[8]

Ecology

[edit]

The Kamundan River has many trees on both banks as well as clear and calm water. Some species can be found around this river including saltwater crocodiles, primates, a variety of hornbills, yellow-crested cockatoos, and bats.[4]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. ^ Sungai Kamundan – Geonames.org.
  4. ^ a b 8 Sungai yang terdapat di Papua. Ilmu Geografi.com
  5. ^ "Kamundan River".
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  8. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.