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Muturi River

Coordinates: 2°09′28″S 133°43′26″E / 2.1579°S 133.7238°E / -2.1579; 133.7238
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Muturi River
Sungai Muturi, Wai Moetoeri, Wai Muturi, Air Moetoeri, Moetoeri Rivier, Soengai Moetoeri
Muturi River is located in Western New Guinea
Muturi River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWest Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Bintuni Bay
Length87.2 km (54.2 mi)[1]
Basin size3,660.1 km2 (1,413.2 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average287.34 m3/s (10,147 cu ft/s)[1]

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The Muturi River is a river in West Papua province, Indonesia.[2][3]

Geography

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The river flows in the West Papua province with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 19 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3835 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 385 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 173 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. ^ Sungai Muturi – Geonames.org.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

2°09′28″S 133°43′26″E / 2.1579°S 133.7238°E / -2.1579; 133.7238