Berau River

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title: "Berau River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["berau-regency", "rivers-of-east-kalimantan", "berau-basin"] description: "River in East Kalimantan, Indonesia" topic_path: "general/berau-regency" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berau_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary River in East Kalimantan, Indonesia ::

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Field	Value
name	Berau River
pushpin_map	Indonesia Kalimantan#Indonesia
pushpin_map_size	285
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the river mouth
	subdivision_type1
subdivision_name1	Indonesia
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	East Kalimantan
source1_location	Borneo
mouth	Celebes Sea
mouth_coordinates
length	300 km
source1_elevation	1,800 m
discharge1_avg	(Period of data: 1998-2007)703 m3/s
(Year: 2007){{convert	605
basin_size	14,000 km2
discharge1_location	Gunung Tabur, Kalimantan Timur
discharge1_min	200 m3/s
discharge1_max	2,896 m3/s
qid	Q4891012
river_system	Berau basin (DAS320058)
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| name = Berau River | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Indonesia Kalimantan#Indonesia | pushpin_map_size = 285 | pushpin_map_caption = Location of the river mouth | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Indonesia | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = East Kalimantan | source1_location = Borneo | mouth = Celebes Sea | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = | length = 300 km | source1_elevation = 1,800 m | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = (Period of data: 1998-2007)703 m3/s (Year: 2007)605 m3/s | basin_size = 14,000 km2 | discharge1_location = Gunung Tabur, Kalimantan Timur | discharge1_min = 200 m3/s | discharge1_max = 2,896 m3/s | qid = Q4891012 | river_system = Berau basin (DAS320058) Berau River is a river of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 300 km north of the provincial capital Samarinda. Tributaries include the Kelai River.

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Kalimantan with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 24 C, and the coldest is January, at 22 C. The average annual rainfall is 2835 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 332 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 154 mm rainfall.

| Berau River | 21| 24| 287 | 22| 23| 300 | 22| 24| 250 | 23| 24| 186 | 23| 24| 251 | 22| 24| 193 | 22| 24| 198 | 22| 25| 154 | 24| 24| 211 | 23| 24| 189 | 22| 23| 283 | 22| 23| 332 | source =

References

References

1. (Nov 2012). "Suspended sediment load in the tidal zone of an Indonesian river".
2. Hukum Online. "Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan No. SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011".
3. Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.
4. [http://www.geonames.org/1649038/sungai%20berau.html Sungai Berau] at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
5. (). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
6. (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA.
7. (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.

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