The Momats River is a river in southern Western Papua (now Papua province), Indonesia.[1][2]

Momats River
Sungai Momats, Sungai Armandville, Pater De Cocq D’Armdville, Le Cocq d’Armandville rivier, Pater Le Coq d’Armandville Rivier, Pater Le Cocq d’Armandville Rivier, Pater le Cock d’Armandville-rivier, Momats, Pater le Cocq d Armanville, Sungai Slocgd Armandville
Momats River is located in South Papua
Momats River
Location in South Papua
Momats River is located in Indonesia
Momats River
Location in Indonesia
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationHighland Papua
MouthArafura Sea
Length380 km (240 mi)
Basin size4,496 km2 (1,736 sq mi)
Discharge 
 • average463.1 m3/s (16,350 cu ft/s)

Geography

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The river flows in the southern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is December, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is July, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 6240 mm. The wettest month is August, with an average of 690 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 402 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Momats – Geonames.org.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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