The Waruta River is a river in northern Western Papua in the province of Papua, Indonesia.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River.
| Waruta River Sungai Waruta, Waroeta River, Nawa Waroeta | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Waruta River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Western Papua |
| Mouth | |
• location | Taritatu River |
Geography
editThe river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is March, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3489 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 444 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 162 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Sungai Waruta - Geonames.org.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.