| Name other | Sungai Wowei, Wawe, Sungai Wewe, Wewe River |
|---|---|
| Source1 location | Southwest Papua |
| Mouth | Pacific Ocean |
| Mouth location | Tambrauw Regency |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Length | 29.23 km (18.16 mi)[1] |
| Discharge1 avg | 33.113 m3/s (1,169.4 cu ft/s)[1] |
The Wowei River (also Wewe or Wawe) is a river in northern Southwest Papua, Indonesia.[2][3][4] It flows in the Tambrauw Regency and discharges into the Pacific Ocean.[5]
Geography
The river flows in the southern area of Southwest Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] 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 January, at 20 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 3322 mm.. The wettest month is June, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[8]
See also
References
- ^ "Irian Jaya Coast"
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Wowei River. Wikimapia
- ^ Wowei River. Mapcarta
- ^ Sungai Wowei – Geonames.org.
- ^ 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
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 December 2018.