Krueng Cunda River

River in Aceh, Indonesia

Location of river mouth

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Krueng Cunda River (Sumatra)

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Krueng Cunda River (Indonesia)

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LocationCountryIndonesiaProvinceAcehPhysical characteristicsSourceMount Bur ni Geureudong • locationDjambo MouthMalacca Strait

• location

LhokseumaweBasin size535 km² (207 sq mi)Basin featuresRiver systemGeukuh basinCitiesKeudekariengWebsite https://bappeda.lhokseumawekota.go.id

Krueng Cunda River is a river in Aceh on Sumatra island, in Indonesia, about 1700 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.^[1] It forms a strait separating the main part of Lhokseumawe from the island of Sumatra.

Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[2] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C.^[3] The average annual rainfall is 2568 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 572 mm rainfall, and the driest is March, with 114 mm rainfall.^[4]

References

^ Krueng Cunda at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.