Bila River (North Sumatra)

Bila River
Sungai Bila, Soengai Bilah, Batang Bila, Air Bila
Bila River (North Sumatra) is located in Sumatra
Bila River (North Sumatra)
Location of river mouth
Bila River (North Sumatra) is located in Indonesia
Bila River (North Sumatra)
Bila River (North Sumatra) (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNorth Sumatra
MouthBarumun River
 • location
Tanjung Sarang Elang

The Bila River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1,200 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Barumun River.

Geography

The river flows in southwest Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3766 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 126 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Bila at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.

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