Van Daalen River
title: "Van Daalen River" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["rivers-of-central-papua", "mamberamo-basin"] topic_path: "general/rivers-of-central-papua" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_Daalen_River" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Van Daalen River |
| name_other | Sungai Vandalen, Van Daalen Rivier |
| pushpin_map | Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia |
| pushpin_map_size | Location of river mouth |
| source1 | confluence of Toradja and Ruhl |
| source1_location | Kampung Golu, Bina District, Puncak |
| source1_coordinates | |
| mouth | Tariku River |
| (border of Central Papua and Papua) | |
| mouth_location | Kampung Deide, Dagai District, Puncak Jaya |
| mouth_coordinates | |
| subdivision_type1 | Country |
| subdivision_name1 | Indonesia |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Central Papua |
| length | 140 km |
| mouth_elevation | 72 m |
| :: |
| name = Van Daalen River | name_other = Sungai Vandalen, Van Daalen Rivier | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Indonesia Central Papua#Indonesia Western New Guinea#Indonesia | pushpin_map_size = Location of river mouth | source1 = confluence of Toradja and Ruhl | source1_location = Kampung Golu, Bina District, Puncak | source1_elevation = | source1_coordinates = | mouth = Tariku River (border of Central Papua and Papua) | mouth_location = Kampung Deide, Dagai District, Puncak Jaya | mouth_coordinates = | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Indonesia | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Central Papua | length = 140 km | mouth_elevation = 72 m | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = 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.
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). 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. 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.
References
References
- "Rencana Pembangunan Jangka Panjang Daerah (RPJPD), Kabupaten Puncak Jaya Periode 2015-2025".
- [http://www.geonames.org/1622498/van%20daalen%20river.html Van Daalen River] – Geonames.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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