Sadang River
Sungai Sadang, Salo Sadang, Salo Sa’dang, Salu Saqdan
Sadang river
Sadang River is located in Sulawesi
Sadang River
Location of river mouth
Sadang River is located in Indonesia
Sadang River
Sadang River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
StateSouth Sulawesi
Physical characteristics
Length150 km (93 mi)
Basin size6,466 km2 (2,497 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationNear mouth
  average265 m3/s (9,400 cu ft/s)

The Sadang is a river of Sulawesi in South Sulawesi province, Indonesia.[1] It is one of the major rivers which flow into the Strait of Macassar.[2]

Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Sulawesi 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 October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2500 mm. The wettest month is May, with an average of 387 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 68 mm rainfall.[5]

See also

References

  1. Salo Sadang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica
  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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