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Tripa River

Coordinates: 3°53′37″N 96°21′20″E / 3.8936°N 96.3556°E / 3.8936; 96.3556
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Tripa River
Krueng Tripa, Sungai Tripa, Tripa-rivier, Tripo, Krueng Teripa
Tripa River is located in Aceh
Tripa River
Location of river mouth
Tripa River is located in Sumatra
Tripa River
Tripa River (Sumatra)
Tripa River is located in Indonesia
Tripa River
Tripa River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationAceh, Sumatra

Tripa River is a river in the province of Aceh, northern Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 1,600 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]

Geography

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The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra which has 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. The warmest month is January, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is August, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4124 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 541 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 193 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Krueng Tripa 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. 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.

3°53′37″N 96°21′20″E / 3.8936°N 96.3556°E / 3.8936; 96.3556