Taritatu River

Name

During the Dutch colonial era it was known as the Idenburg River.

Hydrology

The Taritatu River flows generally westward in the basin north of the island's central mountainous cordillera. The Sobger River is the major tributary. Eventually it meets the Tariku River, and at this confluence the two rivers become the Mamberamo River, one of the largest rivers on the island of New Guinea (Papua). The total length is 266.176 km.

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is March, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 4269 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 487 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 278 mm rainfall.

References

References

1. [http://www.geonames.org/1624686/sungai%20taritatu.html Sungai Taritatu] - 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. (). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
4. (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA.
5. (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.