Maro River
| Maro River Sungai Merauke, Merauke-rivier, Merauki River | |
|---|---|
  Location of river mouth in Papua  Location of river mouth in Indonesia | |
| Location | |
| Countries | Papua New Guinea, Indonesia |
| Region | Western New Guinea |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Maoke Mountains |
| Mouth | |
• location | Arafura Sea |
| Length | 382.98 km (237.97 mi) |
| Basin size | 8,100.6 km2 (3,127.7 sq mi) |
| Width | |
| • minimum | 48 m (157 ft) |
| • maximum | 900.1 m (2,953 ft) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 262.35 m3/s (9,265 cu ft/s) |
The Maro River also known as Sungai Merauke and Merauke-rivier, Merauki River Western Province, Papua New Guinea.
Hydrology
The Maro flows from north-east to south-west, into the
swamps and oxbow lakes which are of great importance for a large number of birds and reptiles. The Maro River borders the northern side of Wasur National Park.[4]
Geography
The river flows in the southern area of Papua with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is September when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is May, at 21 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2238 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 445 mm of rainfall, and the driest is August, with 29 mm of rainfall.[7]
See also
- List of drainage basins of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Western New Guinea
References
- ^ Traveling Luck for Sungai Merauke, Indonesia (general), Indonesia
- ^ Sungai Merauke - Geonames.org.
- ^ Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010
- ^ Ramsar Sites Database: Wasur National Park Archived 2009-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2009-10-30
- .
- ^ "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.