Bian River (Indonesia)

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The Bian River or Mbian River is a river in Merauke Regency, South Papua, Indonesia.[1] Its total length is 580.6 km and its width is around 70 – 1447.1 m.[2] Some 900 people in its upper course are said to speak the language Bian Marind.[3]

Bian River
Wai Bian, Bian-rivier, Sungai Bian
Bian River (Indonesia) is located in South Papua
Bian River (Indonesia)
Bian River (Indonesia) is located in Indonesia
Bian River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
ProvinceSouth Papua
RegencyMerauke
Physical characteristics
SourceButiptiri
 • locationSoutheast of Asike
MouthArafura Sea
 • location
District of Okaba, Merauke
Length580.6 km (360.8 mi)
Basin size8,044.3 km2 (3,105.9 sq mi)
Width 
 • minimum70 m (230 ft)
 • maximum1,447.1 m (4,748 ft)
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average392 m3/s (13,800 cu ft/s)

Geography

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The river flows in the southern area of Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2952 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 405 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 62 mm rainfall.[6]

Ecology

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In the district of Muting (Merauke Regency), the Bian River is a nature reserve by the order of the Ministry of Forestry[7] as the habitat of various protected flora and fauna, among others: Archerfish and Asian arowana.[8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Wai Bian – Geonames.org.
  2. ^ Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010
  3. ^ "www.papuaweb.org" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-07-23. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
  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. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  7. ^ Cagar Alam Sungai Bian
  8. ^ "Eksotika Sungai Bian Merauke". Archived from the original on 2018-04-01. Retrieved 2018-11-29.

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