Wowei River

The Wowei River (also Wewe or Wawe) is a river in northern Southwest Papua, Indonesia.^[2][3][4] It flows in the Tambrauw Regency and discharges into the Pacific Ocean.^[5]

Wowei River Sungai Wowei, Wawe, Sungai Wewe, Wewe River
Wowei River in Tambrauw (Year,2012)
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Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Southwest Papua
Mouth	Pacific Ocean
• location	Tambrauw Regency
Length	29.23 km (18.16 mi)[1]
Basin size	267.5 km2 (103.3 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• average	33.113 m3/s (1,169.4 cu ft/s)[1]

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Southwest Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 20 °C.^[7] The average annual rainfall is 3322 mm.. The wettest month is June, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.^[8]

Wowei River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     282     22 19     226     23 20     242     22 20     247     24 20     297     24 21     381     25 21     327     24 21     328     26 21     228     24 22     153     26 21     311     25 21     299     23 20 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [7]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     11     72 66     8.9     73 68     9.5     72 68     9.7     75 68     12     75 70     15     77 70     13     75 70     13     79 70     9     75 72     6     79 70     12     77 70     12     73 68 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Western New Guinea