Komering River

River in Indonesia

Location of river mouth

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Komering River (Indonesia)

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LocationCountryIndonesiaPhysical characteristicsSource • locationSouth Sumatra MouthMusi River (Indonesia)

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PalembangBasin featuresRiver systemMusi basin

The Komering River is a river in South Sumatra, Indonesia.^[1] It is a tributary of the Musi River.^[2]

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Sumatra which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification).^[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is October, with the average temperature of 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.^[4] The average annual rainfall is 2,902 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 435 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 83 mm rainfall.^[5]

Komering River

Climate chart (explanation)

J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
341 25 20	275 25 21	326 26 21	363 26 22	161 26 21	128 27 22	146 26 21	83 26 21	83 29 20	171 31 21	435 29 21	389 26 22
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source: ^[4]

Imperial conversion
J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
13 77 68	11 77 70	13 79 70	14 79 72	6.3 79 70	5 81 72	5.7 79 70	3.3 79 70	3.3 84 68	6.7 88 70	17 84 70	15 79 72
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

References

^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
^ Air Komering – Geonames.org.
^ 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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2018.