geo.wikisort.org - RiverThe Pono River (Indonesian: Sungai Noel Ponu or Sungai Pono) is a river on the Indonesian part of the island of Timor, which is in the territory of the East Nusa Tenggara province,[1] about 2000 km east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.[2]
River in Indonesia
Pono River
Sungai Noel Ponu, Sungai Pono, Pono Rivier, Noil Ponoe, Noil Ponu, Noë Ponoe |
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Location of river mouth Show map of TimorPono River (Lesser Sunda Islands) Show map of Lesser Sunda IslandsPono River (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia |
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Country | Indonesia |
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• location | Timor |
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Mouth | Sawu Sea |
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• location | Atambua |
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• coordinates | 9.12111°S 124.66972°E / -9.12111; 124.66972 |
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History
On November 4, 2010, the river overflowed, killing some 16 people, destroying 134 homes, and displacing 825 people from their homes.[1]
Geography
Noel Ponu
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The river flows in the southwest of Timor with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as Aw in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[3] The average annual rainfall is 1575 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 297 mm, and the driest is September, with 6 mm rainfall.[5]
See also
References
- "16 Killed in East Nusa Tenggara Flash Flood". Jakarta Post. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
- Noel Ponu at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated January 17, 2012; Database dump downloaded November 27, 2015
- "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. January 30, 2016.
- 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.
- "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. January 30, 2016.
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