Kadassa River

Kadassa River
Luku Kadahang, Sungai Kadahang, Luku Kadassa, Sungai Kadassa, Maharang River, Loekoe Kadaha, Loekoe Kadessa, Soengai Kadessa, Kadaha River, Rivier Kadesa, Luku Kadaha of Kadassa
Kadassa River is located in Sumba
Kadassa River
Location of the mouth
Kadassa River is located in Indonesia
Kadassa River
Kadassa River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumba
MouthSawu Sea

The Kadassa River (Indonesian: Luku Kadahang) is a river of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.[1][2][3]

Geography

The river flows along the northern area of Sumba with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as As in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 32 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 1441 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 206 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 8 mm rainfall.[6]

Luku Kadahang
Climate chart (explanation)
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Source: [5]
Imperial conversion
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█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

References

  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Luku Kadahang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  3. ^ "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 21 June 2015.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  5. ^ a b "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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