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Peureulak River

Coordinates: 4°53′15″N 97°53′37″E / 4.8875°N 97.8937°E / 4.8875; 97.8937
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Peureulak River
Sungai Peureulak, Krueng Peureula, Sungai Peureula, Air Peureulak
Peureulak River is located in Aceh
Peureulak River
Location of river mouth
Peureulak River is located in Sumatra
Peureulak River
Peureulak River (Sumatra)
Peureulak River is located in Indonesia
Peureulak River
Peureulak River (Indonesia)
Native nameKrueng Peureulak (Indonesian)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAceh, Sumatra
MouthMalacca Strait

Peureulak River (Krueng Peurelak) is a river in the province of Aceh, northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1,600 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra, which has predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 27 °C, and the coldest is March, at 24 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2996 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 526 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 156 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Krueng Peureulak 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. 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.

4°53′15″N 97°53′37″E / 4.8875°N 97.8937°E / 4.8875; 97.8937