The Melolo River is a river of Sumba, Indonesia.[1][2][3]

Melolo River
Sungai Melolo, Luku Melolu, Koeala Melolo, Rivier Melolo
Melolo River is located in Sumba
Melolo River
Location of the mouth
Melolo River is located in Indonesia
Melolo River
Melolo River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumba
MouthSawu Sea

Geography

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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]

Luku Melolo
Climate chart (explanation)
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 
 
168
 
 
25
24
 
 
195
 
 
28
24
 
 
126
 
 
29
23
 
 
118
 
 
25
23
 
 
42
 
 
29
22
 
 
28
 
 
30
21
 
 
12
 
 
30
21
 
 
4
 
 
33
20
 
 
4
 
 
37
23
 
 
5
 
 
40
24
 
 
58
 
 
36
25
 
 
206
 
 
25
23
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [5]
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
 
 
6.6
 
 
77
75
 
 
7.7
 
 
82
75
 
 
5
 
 
84
73
 
 
4.6
 
 
77
73
 
 
1.7
 
 
84
72
 
 
1.1
 
 
86
70
 
 
0.5
 
 
86
70
 
 
0.2
 
 
91
68
 
 
0.2
 
 
99
73
 
 
0.2
 
 
104
75
 
 
2.3
 
 
97
77
 
 
8.1
 
 
77
73
Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
Precipitation totals in inches

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Luku Melolo 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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