Melolo River
| Melolo River Sungai Melolo, Luku Melolu, Koeala Melolo, Rivier Melolo | |
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  Location of the mouth  Melolo River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sumba |
| Mouth | Sawu Sea |
The Melolo River is a river of Sumba, Indonesia.[1][2][3]
Geography
[edit]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 27 °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 966 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 206 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 4 mm rainfall.[6]
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See also
[edit]- List of drainage basins of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Lesser Sunda Islands
References
[edit]- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Luku Melolo at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
- ^ "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 21 June 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.