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Moyo River

Coordinates: 8°27′44″S 117°28′44″E / 8.4621°S 117.4789°E / -8.4621; 117.4789
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Moyo River
Brang Moyo, Sungai Brang Moyo, Brang Mojo, Mojo River
Moyo River is located in Sumbawa
Moyo River
Location of the mouth
Moyo River is located in Indonesia
Moyo River
Moyo River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSumbawa
Mouth 
 • location
West Nusa Tenggara

The Moyo River is a river of Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, about 1200 km east of capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Geography

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The river flows along the northwestern area of Sumbawa with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as As in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 30 °C, and the coldest is February, at 24 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 1456 mm.. The wettest month is January, with an average of 294 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 19 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Brang Moyo at Geonames.org (cc-by); Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  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.
  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.

8°27′44″S 117°28′44″E / 8.4621°S 117.4789°E / -8.4621; 117.4789