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]
History
On November 4, 2010, the river overflowed, killing some 16 people, destroying 134 homes, and displacing 825 people from their homes.[1]
Geography
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
References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ Noel Ponu at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated January 17, 2012; Database dump downloaded November 27, 2015
- ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. January 30, 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. January 30, 2016.