Kumbe River
title: "Kumbe River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-south-papua", "kumbe-basin"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-south-papua" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumbe_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Kumbe River |
| name_other | Sungai Kumbe, Koembe-rivier |
| pushpin_map | Indonesia South Papua |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location of river mouth |
| source1_location | Highland Papua |
| mouth_location | Merauke Regency, Arafura Sea |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Indonesia |
| length | 300.42 km |
| discharge1_location | Near mouth |
| discharge1_avg | 121.2 m3/s |
| basin_size | 3,765.9 km2 |
| width_min | 97 m |
| width_max | 700.1 m |
| :: |
| name =Kumbe River | name_other = Sungai Kumbe, Koembe-rivier | pushpin_map = Indonesia South Papua | pushpin_map_caption = Location of river mouth | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | source1_location = Highland Papua | mouth_location = Merauke Regency, Arafura Sea | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Indonesia | length = 300.42 km | discharge1_location=Near mouth | discharge1_avg =121.2 m3/s | basin_size=3,765.9 km2 | width_min = 97 m | width_max = 700.1 m The Kumbe is a river of Merauke Regency, South Papua, Indonesia. It has a distinct meandering course, with a total length of 242 km, and a width of around 97–700.1 m. The Bian River and the Maro River are part of the same basin.
Geography
The river flows in the southern area of Papua with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is November when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is June, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2160 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 399 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 26 mm rainfall.
References
References
- [http://www.geonames.org/2082562/sungai%20kumbe.html Sungai Kumbe] – Geonames.org.
- [https://lingkunganhidup.papua.go.id/gi/fckimage/file/SLHD/Tabel%20SD-11.pdf Tabel SD-11:Inventarisasi sungai. Provinsi : Papua. Tahun Data : 2010]
- "www.papuaweb.org".
- (). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences.
- (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA.
- (30 January 2016). "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.
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