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Warenai River

Coordinates: 2°52′00″S 135°55′00″E / 2.86667°S 135.91667°E / -2.86667; 135.91667
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Warenai River
Sungai Warenai, Warenai-rivier
Warenai River is located in Central Papua
Warenai River
Location of river mouth
Warenai River is located in Indonesia
Warenai River
Warenai River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCentral Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Cenderawasih Bay, Nabire Regency
Length304.3 km (189.1 mi)[1]
Basin size4,334.2 km2 (1,673.4 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average317.15 m3/s (11,200 cu ft/s)[1]

The Warenai River is a river in northern New Guinea, Central Papua, Indonesia.[2][3] Tributaries include the Wapoga River.

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Papua 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 February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is November, at 22 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 5824 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 733 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 300 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. ^ Warenai - Geonames.org.
  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.

2°52′00″S 135°55′00″E / 2.86667°S 135.91667°E / -2.86667; 135.91667