Sekonyer is a river in southern Borneo, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, about 700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1]
| Sekonyer River Sungai Sekonyer, Sungai Sikunir, Soengai Sikoenir, Soengai Sikvenir | |
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  Location of the river mouth  Sekonyer River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 2°46′37″S 111°42′49″E / 2.776942°S 111.713683°E |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Kumai River |
Hydrology
editIt is a tributary of the Kumai River and is fed by the Camp Leakey River.[2]
Ecology
editPart of the river traverses the Tanjung Puting National Park.[2] Travel on the river is often done by klotok, an Indonesian riverboat.[3] The river includes an orangutan habitat. The river is brown and murky.[2] Gold mining takes place along it.[2]
Geography
editThe river flows in the southern central area of Kalimantan with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is April when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 21 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2778 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 386 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 66 mm of rainfall.[6]
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Sungai Sikunir at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ a b c d Sekonyer River Inmyshoestravel (includes map)
- ^ Living on a klotok Inmyshoestravel (includes photographs)
- ^ 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ 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.
External links
edit- Kalimantan 2: Sekonyer River to Camp Leakey YouTube video
- Wild Orang Utans near the Sekonyer River on Borneo YouTube video
- Photos of Sekonyer by Mike Helliwell