Kalaena River is a river in South Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[2][3]

Kalaena River
Sungai Kalaena, Salo Kalaena, Koro Kaleana
Kalaena River is located in Sulawesi
Kalaena River
Location of river mouth
Kalaena River is located in Indonesia
Kalaena River
Kalaena River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouth Sulawesi
Length85 km (53 mi)
Basin size1,476.5 km2 (570.1 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average104 m3/s (3,700 cu ft/s)[1]

Geography

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The river flows in the center of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is March, at 22 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4176 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 660 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 117 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Java-Timor-Sulawesi".
  2. ^ Salo Kalaena at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  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.

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