Bulaka River

For the language group, see Bulaka River languages.
Bulaka River
Boelaka-rivier
Bulaka River is located in South Papua
Bulaka River
Location of river mouth
Bulaka River is located in Indonesia
Bulaka River
Bulaka River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
MouthArafura Sea
 • coordinates
8°06′S 139°12′E / 8.1°S 139.2°E / -8.1; 139.2

The Bulaka River is a river in South Papua province, Indonesia.[1][2]

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua 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 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2155 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 356 mm of rainfall, and the driest is August, with 16 mm of rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Bulaka - 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 5 December 2018.