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Telen River (Indonesia)

Coordinates: 0°26′00″N 116°42′00″E / 0.43333°N 116.7°E / 0.43333; 116.7
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Telen River
Sungai Telen, Tilin
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBorneo

The Telen River is a river in East Kalimantan, Borneo island, Indonesia, about 110 kilometers (68 miles) north of the provincial capital Samarinda.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Mahakam River.

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Borneo with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C (73 °F). The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 24 °C (75 °F), and the coldest is July, at 22 °C (72 °F).[4] The average annual rainfall is 2932 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 362-millimeter (14.3 in) of rainfall, and the driest is September, with a 132-millimeter (5.2 in) of rainfall.[5]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ↑ Sungai Telen 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. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
  5. ↑ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 7 February 2019.

0°26′00″N 116°42′00″E / 0.43333°N 116.7°E / 0.43333; 116.7

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