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Silau River is a river in northern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1300 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of Asahan River.

Silau River
Sungai Silau, Aek Silau, Air Silau
Location of river mouth
Silau River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumatra
MouthAsahan River
 • location
Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra

Geography


The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2950 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 117 mm rainfall.[5]


See also



References


  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Aek Silau 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. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. 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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