Pono River

Pono River
Sungai Noel Ponu, Sungai Pono, Pono Rivier, Noil Ponoe, Noil Ponu, Noë Ponoe
Pono River is located in Timor
Pono River
Location of river mouth
Pono River is located in Lesser Sunda Islands
Pono River
Pono River (Lesser Sunda Islands)
Pono River is located in Indonesia
Pono River
Pono River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationTimor
MouthSawu Sea
 • location
Atambua
 • coordinates
9°07′16″S 124°40′11″E / 9.12111°S 124.66972°E / -9.12111; 124.66972

The Pono River (Indonesian: Sungai Noel Ponu or Sungai Pono) is a river on the Indonesian part of the island of Timor, which is in the territory of the East Nusa Tenggara province,[1] about 2000 km east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.[2]

History

On November 4, 2010, the river overflowed, killing some 16 people, destroying 134 homes, and displacing 825 people from their homes.[1]

Geography

Noel Ponu
Climate chart (explanation)
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Source: [3]
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The river flows in the southwest of Timor with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as Aw in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 1575 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 297 mm, and the driest is September, with 6 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "16 Killed in East Nusa Tenggara Flash Flood". Jakarta Post. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
  2. ^ Noel Ponu at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated January 17, 2012; Database dump downloaded November 27, 2015
  3. ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. January 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. January 30, 2016.