River in Indonesia
Sampit RiverSungai Sampit, Sampit-Rivier Mentaya River, Soengai Mentaja Soengai Mantaja
River mouth location
Show map of Kalimantan Sampit River (Indonesia) (Indonesia)
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Central Kalimantan ,
Borneo
Mouth Sampit Bay (
Java Sea ) • location
Kuala Sampit • coordinates
2°58′20″S 113°2′23″E / 2.97222°S 113.03972°E / -2.97222; 113.03972 Length 270 km (170 mi) Basin size 14,000 km2 (5,400 sq mi)
[1]
14,605 km2 (5,639 sq mi)
[2] Discharge • location
Java Sea (near mouth) • average 1,064.4 m3 /s (37,590 cu ft/s)
[3]
Discharge • location
Sampit (Basin size: 12,360 km2 (4,770 sq mi)
[4] • average 1,431 m3 /s (50,500 cu ft/s)
[5]
River system Mentaya basin
The Sampit River or Mentaya River
[6] is a river of
Central Kalimantan ,
Borneo , Indonesia.
[7]
[8] The river takes its name from the town of
Sampit which lies on the river not far from the
Java Sea . Near the mouth of the river is a noted beach park named "Pandaran Beach".
[9] The Sampit flows into the Java Sea at
2°58′20″S 113°2′23″E / 2.97222°S 113.03972°E / -2.97222; 113.03972 .
Workers on a klotok , a traditional river ferry, Sampit River
Geography
The river flows in the midsouthern area of
Borneo island with predominantly
tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).
[10] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is November, at 22 °C.
[11] The average annual rainfall is 2991 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 476 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 82 mm rainfall.
[12]
See also
References
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^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas , 1993.
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"Kalimantan" . Consulate of the Republic of Indonesia to Armenia. Retrieved 30 October 2010 .
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10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
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"NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index" . NASA. 30 January 2016.
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"NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)" . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
2°29′17″S 113°1′7″E / 2.48806°S 113.01861°E / -2.48806; 113.01861