Palu River

The Palu River (Indonesian: Sungai Palu) is a river in Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.^[2][3]

Palu River Sungai Palu, Salo Paloe, Binangga Palu, Sungai Miu
Palu River in 2010
Location of river mouth Show map of Sulawesi Palu River (Indonesia) Show map of Indonesia
Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sulawesi
Mouth
• location	at Palu into Makassar Strait
• elevation	Sea level
Length	90 km (56 mi)
Basin size	2,694 km2 (1,040 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	61.2 m3/s (2,160 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Tributaries
• right	Gumbasa River

Bridge over the Palu River (1930–1936)

Hydrology

The river flows through the city of Palu, with 41% of the basin area covered by the protected tropical montane forest of the Lore Lindu National Park.^[4]

Geography

The river flows in the west area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[5] 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 July, at 22 °C.^[6] The average annual rainfall is 2092 mm. The wettest month is August, with an average of 252 mm rainfall, and the driest is February, with 114 mm rainfall.^[7]

Palu River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     164     26 21     114     27 20     132     29 20     218     25 22     218     27 21     183     26 20     239     26 19     252     27 22     118     29 20     129     30 21     149     27 20     175     31 21 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [6]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     6.5     79 70     4.5     81 68     5.2     84 68     8.6     77 72     8.6     81 70     7.2     79 68     9.4     79 66     9.9     81 72     4.6     84 68     5.1     86 70     5.9     81 68     6.9     88 70 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Sulawesi

References

1. "The impact of the warm phase of ENSO (El Nĩno Southern Oscillation) events on water resource availability of tropical catchments in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia" (PDF). Advances in Geosciences. 2006. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
3. Sungai Palu at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
4. "The Impact of El Niño Southern Oscillation Events on Water Resource Availability in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia" (PDF). Constanze Leemhuis. 2005. Retrieved 2013-09-21.
5. 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.
6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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