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Bian River (Indonesia)

River in Indonesia

Summary

River in Indonesia

FieldValue
nameBian River
name_otherWai Bian, Bian-rivier, Sungai Bian
pushpin_mapIndonesia South Papua#Indonesia
pushpin_map_sizeLocation of river mouth
subdivision_type1Country
subdivision_name1Indonesia
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2South Papua
subdivision_type3Regency
subdivision_name3Merauke
length580.6 km
width_min70 m
width_max1447.1 m
discharge1_locationNear mouth
discharge1_avg392 m3/s
source1Butiptiri
source1_locationSoutheast of Asike
mouthArafura Sea
mouth_locationDistrict of Okaba, Merauke
basin_size8,044.3 km2

The Bian River or Mbian River is a river in Merauke Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. Its total length is 580.6 km and its width is around 70 – 1447.1 m. Some 900 people in its upper course are said to speak the Bian Marind language.

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2952 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 405 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 62 mm rainfall.

Ecology

In the district of Muting (Merauke Regency), the Bian River is a nature reserve by the order of the Ministry of Forestry as the habitat of various protected flora and fauna, among others: Archerfish and Asian arowana.

References

References

  1. [http://www.geonames.org/1648838/wai%20bian.html Wai Bian] – Geonames.org.
  2. [https://lingkunganhidup.papua.go.id/gi/fckimage/file/SLHD/Tabel%20SD-11.pdf Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010]
  3. "www.papuaweb.org".
  4. (). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
  5. (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA.
  6. (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.
  7. [http://forestid.blogspot.co.id/2015/11/cagar-alam-danau-bian-papua.html Cagar Alam Sungai Bian]
  8. "Eksotika Sungai Bian Merauke".
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