The Sobger River is a river in northern New Guinea, province of Papua, Indonesia.[1] It is a tributary of the Taritatu River,[2] The total length is 188.861 km.[3] which it forms by merging with the Nawa River.

Sobger River
Sobger River is located in Papua (province)
Sobger River
Location of river mouth
Sobger River is located in Indonesia
Sobger River
Sobger River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationWestern Papua
Mouth 
 • location
Taritatu River
Length188.861 km (117.353 mi)

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 4839 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 579 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 205 mm rainfall.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Sungai Sobger – Geonames.org.
  3. ^ Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi: Papua. Tahun Data: 2010
  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.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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