Alas River
| Alas River Lae Alas, Lawe Alas, Sungai Alas | |
|---|---|
 Aerial photo of the Alas River | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Aceh |
Alas River is a river in Aceh in northeastern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1400 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is known for its white water rafting.[3] The banks of the rivers are inhabited by the Alas people.[4]
Geography
The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is June, at 21 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2943 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 370 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 82 mm rainfall.[7]
See also
- List of drainage basins of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Sumatra
- Alas people
References
- ^ Lae Alas at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ Graf, Arndt; Schroter, Susanne; Wieringa, Edwin (2010). Aceh: History, Politics and Culture. Institute of Southeast Asian. p. 166. ISBN 978-981-4279-12-3.
- ^ Stevens, Alan M. (2004). A comprehensive Indonesian-English Dictionary. PT Mizan Publika. p. 56. ISBN 978-979-433-387-7.
- ^ McCarthy, John Fitzgerald (2006). The Fourth Circle: A Political Ecology of Sumatra's Rainforest Frontier. Stanford University Press. p. 258. ISBN 978-0-8047-5212-1.
- ^ 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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