Pangkajene River

The Pangkajene is a river of south-western Sulawesi, north of Makassar, Indonesia, about 1400 km northeast of capital Jakarta.^[1]

Pangkajene River
Map of the river basin
Location of river mouth in Sulawesi Show map of Sulawesi Location of river mouth in Indonesia Show map of Indonesia
Native name	Salo Pangkajene (Indonesian)
Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Sulawesi
Mouth	Polong River and Tangnga River
• location	South Sulawesi
• coordinates	4°50′55″S 119°30′41″E

Hydrology

Pangkajene River flows into the Polong River and Tangnga River near the sea at 4°50′55″S 119°30′41″E, near the village of the same name. Upstream, the stretch of river is known as the Koraja River. The rock of the river is Jurassic Paremba Sandstone and contains many shallow marine sedimentary rocks and crystalline schists.^[2][3] The fossilized remains of plants have been discovered in the Pangkajene area.^[4]

Geography

The river flows in the southwestern area of Sulawesi island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is January, at 21 °C.^[6] The average annual rainfall is 2570 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 480 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 33 mm rainfall.^[7]

Salo Pangkajene
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     480     23 19     207     24 24     261     25 23     272     26 25     273     26 24     243     28 24     196     27 22     46     30 23     33     32 24     66     31 25     161     28 24     331     25 24 █ 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     19     73 66     8.1     75 75     10     77 73     11     79 77     11     79 75     9.6     82 75     7.7     81 72     1.8     86 73     1.3     90 75     2.6     88 77     6.3     82 75     13     77 75 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

Gallery

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  Camps along the Pangkajene River, Sulawesi

See also

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