Pono River

The Pono River (Indonesian: Sungai Noel Ponu or Sungai Pono) is a river on the Indonesian part of the island of Timor, which is in the territory of the East Nusa Tenggara province,^[1] about 2000 km east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.^[2]

Pono River Sungai Noel Ponu, Sungai Pono, Pono Rivier, Noil Ponoe, Noil Ponu, Noë Ponoe
Location of river mouth Show map of Timor Pono River (Lesser Sunda Islands) Show map of Lesser Sunda Islands Pono River (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Timor
Mouth	Sawu Sea
• location	Atambua
• coordinates	9.12111°S 124.66972°E / -9.12111; 124.66972

History

On November 4, 2010, the river overflowed, killing some 16 people, destroying 134 homes, and displacing 825 people from their homes.^[1]

Geography

Noel Ponu
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     297     26 23     275     24 21     233     25 21     107     26 22     128     28 21     126     29 21     34     29 21     9     32 21     6     35 22     24     34 23     95     32 23     241     28 23 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [3]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     12     79 73     11     75 70     9.2     77 70     4.2     79 72     5     82 70     5     84 70     1.3     84 70     0.4     90 70     0.2     95 72     0.9     93 73     3.7     90 73     9.5     82 73 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

The river flows in the southwest of Timor with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as Aw in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification system).^[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.^[3] The average annual rainfall is 1575 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 297 mm, and the driest is September, with 6 mm rainfall.^[5]

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Lesser Sunda Islands
• List of rivers of West Timor

References

1. "16 Killed in East Nusa Tenggara Flash Flood". Jakarta Post. November 4, 2010. Archived from the original on January 2, 2011. Retrieved June 18, 2011.
2. Noel Ponu at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated January 17, 2012; Database dump downloaded November 27, 2015
3. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. January 30, 2016.
4. Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated World Map of the Köppen-Geiger Climate Classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. January 30, 2016.