The Wowei River (also Wewe or Wawe) is a river in northern Southwest Papua, Indonesia.[2][3][4] It flows in the Tambrauw Regency and discharges into the Pacific Ocean.[5]

Wowei River
Sungai Wowei, Wawe, Sungai Wewe, Wewe River
Wowei River in Tambrauw (Year,2012)
Wowei River is located in Bird's Head Peninsula
Wowei River
Wowei River is located in Indonesia
Wowei River
Location in Indonesia
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouthwest Papua
MouthPacific Ocean
 • location
Tambrauw Regency
Length29.23 km (18.16 mi)[1]
Basin size267.5 km2 (103.3 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • average33.113 m3/s (1,169.4 cu ft/s)[1]

Geography

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The river flows in the southern area of Southwest Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 20 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 3322 mm.. The wettest month is June, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[8]

Wowei River
Climate chart (explanation)
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Source: [7]
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Irian Jaya Coast".
  2. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. ^ Wowei River. Wikimapia
  4. ^ Wowei River. Mapcarta
  5. ^ Sungai Wowei – Geonames.org.
  6. ^ 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  7. ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  8. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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