Peureulak River
River in Indonesia
Location of river mouth
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Peureulak River (Sumatra)
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Peureulak River (Indonesia)
Show map of IndonesiaPeureulak River (Krueng Peurelak) is a river in the province of Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1,600 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
Geography
The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra, which has predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 27 °C, and the coldest is March, at 24 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2996 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 526 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 156 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Krueng Peureulak at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
4°53′15″N 97°53′37″E / 4.8875°N 97.8937°E / 4.8875; 97.8937
