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River in Indonesia

Melolo River
Sungai Melolo, Luku Melolu, Koeala Melolo, Rivier Melolo
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Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumba
MouthSawu Sea

The Melolo River is a river of Sumba, Indonesia.

Geography

The river flows along the northern area of Sumba with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as As in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 27 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 32 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C. The average annual rainfall is 966 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 206 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 4 mm rainfall.

Luku Melolo
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
    168     25 24     195     28 24     126     29 23     118     25 23     42     29 22     28     30 21     12     30 21     4     33 20     4     37 23     5     40 24     58     36 25     206     25 23
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source:
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
    6.6     77 75     7.7     82 75     5     84 73     4.6     77 73     1.7     84 72     1.1     86 70     0.5     86 70     0.2     91 68     0.2     99 73     0.2     104 75     2.3     97 77     8.1     77 73
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Luku Melolo at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  3. "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 21 June 2015.
  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.

9°52′23″S 120°39′38″E / 9.87312°S 120.66059°E / -9.87312; 120.66059

Rivers of East Nusa Tenggara
Rivers of Flores
Rivers of Sumba
Rivers of West Timor
Rivers of Indonesia
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