Silau River

Silau River
Sungai Silau, Aek Silau, Air Silau
Silau River is located in Sumatra
Silau River
Location of river mouth
Silau River is located in Indonesia
Silau River
Silau River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumatra
MouthAsahan River
 • location
Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra

Silau River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1300 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of Asahan River.

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra 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 June, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2950 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 117 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Aek Silau at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. ^ 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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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