Wildeman River
Sungai Wildeman, Wildeman-rivier, Sungai Widemen
Wildeman River is located in Papua (province)
Wildeman River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Pulau River

The Wildeman River is a river in southern Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Pulau River.

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 19 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 6225 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 807 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 341 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ↑ Sungai Widemen – Geonames.org.
  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.

5°33′S 139°13′E / 5.550°S 139.217°E / -5.550; 139.217

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