Sobger River
| Sobger River | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth  Sobger River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Western Papua |
| Mouth | |
• location | Taritatu River |
| Length | 188.861 km (117.353 mi) |
The Sobger River is a river in northern New Guinea, province of Papua, Indonesia.[1] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River,[2] The total length is 188.861 km.[3] which it forms by merging with the Nawa River.
Geography
[edit]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 21 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4839 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 579 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.[6]
See also
[edit]- List of drainage basins of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Western New Guinea
References
[edit]- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Sungai Sobger – Geonames.org.
- ^ Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi: Papua. Tahun Data: 2010
- ^ 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.