Salawai River is a river of Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2500 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1]
| Salawai River Sungai Salawai | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Salawai River (Maluku)  Salawai River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Maluku |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Seram Island |
| Mouth | Ceram Sea |
Ecology
editThe river is noted for its saltwater crocodiles.[2] Tourists can be taken up the river in longboats.[3]
Geography
editThe river flows in the central northern area of Seram island 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 April, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is March, at 22 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3387 mm. The wettest month is July, with an average of 523 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 95 mm rainfall.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Salawai River. GoogleMaps. Accessed 19 February 2019.
- ^ Liswanti, Nining; Fripp, Emily; Silaya, Thomas; Marthina Tjoa; Yves Laumonier. Socio-economic considerations for land use planning: The case of Seram, Central Maluku. CIFOR. p. 3. GGKEY:7KF52HE4SKA.
- ^ Companion Parrot Quarterly. PBIC, Incorporated. 2003. p. 18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.