Van Daalen River

River in Central Papua, Indonesia

3°22′52″S 137°27′58″E / 3.381°S 137.466°E / -3.381; 137.466 MouthTariku River
(border of Central Papua and Papua)

• location

Kampung Deide, Dagai District, Puncak Jaya

• coordinates

3°01′26″S 138°03′25″E / 3.024°S 138.057°E / -3.024; 138.057

• elevation

72 m (236 ft)Length140 km

The Van Daalen River (Indonesian: Sungai Vandalen) is a river of Western New Guinea in Puncak Jaya and Puncak, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is a tributary of Tariku River.^[1]^[2]

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 18 °C.^[4] The average annual rainfall is 5121 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 573 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 324 mm rainfall.^[5]

References

^ "Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Panjang Daerah (RPJPD), Kabupaten Puncak Jaya Periode 2015-2025" (PDF). Pemda Kabupaten Puncak Jaya. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ Van Daalen River – Geonames.org.
^ 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.