Peusangan River is a river in Sumatra, in the western part of Indonesia, about 1,700 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Peusangan River
Krueng Peusangan, Sungai Peusangan, Kroeng Tingkeuem, Krueng Peusaguan
Peusangan River is located in Aceh
Peusangan River
Location of river mouth
Peusangan River is located in Sumatra
Peusangan River
Peusangan River (Sumatra)
Peusangan River is located in Indonesia
Peusangan River
Peusangan River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAceh, Sumatra

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 27 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2,431 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 415 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 106 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Krueng Peusangan 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: 1633–1644. 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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