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Banyuasin River

Coordinates: 2°17′06″S 104°49′44″E / 2.2849°S 104.8289°E / -2.2849; 104.8289
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Banyuasin River
Sungai Banyuasin, Air Banyuasin, Air Banjoeasin, Banyu Asin, Air Banjoesit, Air Banjuasin
Banyuasin River is located in Sumatra
Banyuasin River
Location of river mouth
Banyuasin River is located in Indonesia
Banyuasin River
Banyuasin River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouth Sumatra

The Banyuasin River (Indonesian: Sungai Banyuasin, lit.'Salty Water River') is a river in southern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 500 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Geography

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The river flows in the southern 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 July, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is March, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2579 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 344 mm rainfall, and the driest September, with 99 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Air Banyuasin at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.

2°17′06″S 104°49′44″E / 2.2849°S 104.8289°E / -2.2849; 104.8289