Kadumbul River

Kadumbul River is a river of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.[1][2][3]

Kadumbul River
Luku Kadumbul, Sungai Kadumbul, Koeala Kadoemboel, Loekoe Kadoemboel, Rivier Kadoemboe
Location of the mouth
Kadumbul River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumba
MouthSawu Sea

Geography

The river flows along the northern area of Sumba with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as As in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 28 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 32 °C, and the coldest is January, at 25 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 966 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 206 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 4 mm rainfall.[6]

Luku Kadumbul
Climate chart (explanation)
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F
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A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 
 
168
 
 
27
23
 
 
195
 
 
30
24
 
 
126
 
 
29
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28
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42
 
 
30
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28
 
 
30
21
 
 
12
 
 
31
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4
 
 
34
22
 
 
4
 
 
37
22
 
 
5
 
 
41
24
 
 
58
 
 
38
25
 
 
206
 
 
33
23
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [5]

See also

References
  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Luku Kadumbul at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  3. "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 21 June 2015.
  4. 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.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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