Walanae River is a river in South Sulawesi on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1500km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
| Walanae River Sungai Walanae, Sungai Cenranae, Salo Welonge, Salo Walanae | |
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 Bridge over the River Walanae near Watansoppeng in the 1920s or 1930s | |
  Location of river mouth  Walanae River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | South Sulawesi |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Rupulumuwe |
| • location | Pattuku, Bontocani, Bone Regency |
| Mouth | Muara Cenranae, Gulf of Boni |
• location | Cenrana, Bone Regency |
| Length | 250 km (160 mi) |
| Basin size | 7,380 km2 (2,850 sq mi) |
| Width | |
| • minimum | 10 m (33 ft) |
| • maximum | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 272 m3/s (9,600 cu ft/s) |
Geography
editThe river flows in the southwest area of Sulawesi with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23°C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 25°C, and the coldest is July, at 21°C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2550mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 404mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 29mm of rainfall.[5]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Salo Welonge at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ a b "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.
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External links
edit- (in Indonesian) Lake Tempe, Ancient Lake of Sulawesi
- (in Indonesian) Watershed areas on the island of Sulawesi