Teunom River

River
5°02′44″N 95°37′55″E / 5.0456°N 95.6319°E / 5.0456; 95.6319 • elevation2,280 m (7,480 ft) 2nd sourceMount Peuët Sagoë (Barisan Mountains) • locationGeumpang (Pidie) • elevation2,500 m (8,200 ft) 3rd sourceTangse valley • locationTangse (Pidie) • elevation1,000 m (3,300 ft) MouthIndian Ocean
 • location
Teunom
 • coordinates
4°26′36″N 95°48′18″E / 4.44324°N 95.80509°E / 4.44324; 95.80509Basin size2,550 km2 (980 sq mi)Basin featuresRiver systemTeunom basin

Teunom River is a river in northern Sumatra, in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, about 136 kilometres (85 miles) southeast of Banda Aceh.[1][2]

Geography

The river flows along the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4059 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 536 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Krueng Teunom at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.