The Tabai River is a river in Central Papua, Indonesia.[1][2]

Tabai River
Sungai Tabai, Wai Tabai, Tabai-rivier
Tabai River is located in Central Papua
Tabai River
Location of river mouth
Tabai River is located in Indonesia
Tabai River
Tabai River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCentral Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Nabire Regency

Geography

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The 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 22 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is September, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 5543 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 550 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 263 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Tabai – Geonames.org.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

3°01′00″S 135°52′00″E / 3.01667°S 135.86667°E / -3.01667; 135.86667