Sampit River (Indonesia)

Sampit River or Mentaya River[1] is a river of Central Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia.[2][3] The river takes its name from the town of Sampit which lies on the river not far from the Java Sea. Near the mouth of the river is a noted beach park named "Pandaran Beach".[4] The Sampit flows into the Java Sea at 2°58′20″S 113°2′23″E.

Sampit River
Sungai Sampit, Sampit-Rivier
Mentaya River, Soengai Mentaja
Soengai Mantaja
River mouth location
Sampit River (Indonesia) (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCentral Kalimantan, Borneo
MouthJava Sea

Geography

The river flows in the midsouthern area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is November, at 22 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2991 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 476 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 82 mm rainfall.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Central Kalimantan". Indahnesia.com. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. Sungai Sampit at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  4. "Kalimantan". Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia to Armenia. Retrieved 30 October 2010.
  5. 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.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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