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River in Indonesia

Kadassa RiverLuku Kadahang, Sungai Kadahang, Luku Kadassa, Sungai Kadassa, Maharang River, Loekoe Kadaha, Loekoe Kadessa, Soengai Kadessa, Kadaha River, Rivier Kadesa, Luku Kadaha of Kadassa
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Location
Country Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location Sumba
Mouth Sawu Sea

The Kadassa River (Indonesian: Luku Kadahang) is a river of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.[1][2][3]

The river flows along the northern area of Sumba with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as As in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 32 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 1441 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 206 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 8 mm rainfall.[6]

Luku Kadahang
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D 222 25 22 257 27 22 207 27 23 172 25 23 127 30 23 47 27 22 31 30 21 13 32 21 8 37 22 33 40 24 99 35 24 225 27 22 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mmSource: [5]
Imperial conversion JFMAMJJASOND 8.7 77 72 10 81 72 8.1 81 73 6.8 77 73 5 86 73 1.9 81 72 1.2 86 70 0.5 90 70 0.3 99 72 1.3 104 75 3.9 95 75 8.9 81 72 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches
  1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. ^ Luku Kadahang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  3. ^ "Viewfinder Panoramas Digital elevation Model". 21 June 2015.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

9°23′38″S 120°01′37″E / 9.3938°S 120.0269°E / -9.3938; 120.0269