The Sembakung River is a river in Borneo that flows from Sabah, Malaysia to North Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
| Sembakung River Sungai Sembakung, Sungai Sembakun, Simbakung, Soengai Sembakoeng | |
|---|---|
  River mouth location  Sembakung River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Malaysian and Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sabah, North Kalimantan |
| Length | 322 km (200 mi) |
| Basin size | 16,320 km2 (6,300 sq mi) |
Geography
editThe 322 kilometers long river flows in the northeastern area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4020 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 393 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 251 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Sungai Sembakung at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 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.
- ^ "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.