Mesuji River

Mesuji River is a river in Lampung province, Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 250 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1]

Mesuji River
Location of river mouth
Mesuji River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationLampung, Sumatra
MouthJava Sea

Geography

The river flows in the southeast area of Sumatra, which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[2] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is May, at 25 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 3,248 mm. The wettest month being December, with an average of 547 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 40 mm of rain.[4]

See also

References
  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. 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.
  3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  4. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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