Van Daalen River

The Van Daalen River (Indonesian: Sungai Vandalen) is a river of Western New Guinea in Puncak Jaya and Puncak, Central Papua, Indonesia. It is a tributary of Tariku River.^[1][2]

Van Daalen River Sungai Vandalen, Van Daalen Rivier
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Location
Country	Indonesia
Province	Central Papua
Physical characteristics
Source	confluence of Toradja and Ruhl
• location	Kampung Golu, Bina District, Puncak
• coordinates	3.381°S 137.466°E / -3.381; 137.466
Mouth	Tariku River (border of Central Papua and Papua)
• location	Kampung Deide, Dagai District, Puncak Jaya
• coordinates	3.024°S 138.057°E / -3.024; 138.057
• elevation	72 m (236 ft)
Length	140 km

The river is named after Arjan van Daalen.

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is January, at 18 °C.^[4] The average annual rainfall is 5121 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 573 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 324 mm rainfall.^[5]

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Western Papua