Bongka River
| Bongka River Sungai Bongka, Sungai Bangka, Salo Bongka, Sungai Kalingsu, Salo Kalingsoe | |
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  Location of river mouth in Sulawesi  Location of river mouth in Indonesia | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Central Sulawesi |
| Mouth | Gulf of Tomini |
| Length | 122 km (76 mi) |
| Basin size | 3,085 km2 (1,191 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 132.8 m3/s (4,690 cu ft/s)[1] |
The Bongka River is a river in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1700 km northeast of capital Jakarta[2][3]
Geography
The river flows in the central area of Sulawesi island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is April, at 22 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2929 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 341 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 79 mm rainfall.[6]
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See also
References
- ^ a b "Java-Timor-Sulawesi".
- ^ Sungai Bongka at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
- ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 27 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 27 December 2018.