Kaso_River_(Garut)

Kaso River (Garut)

Kaso River (Garut)

River in Indonesia


The Kaso River, also Ci Kaso, is a river in the Garut Regency of West Java, Indonesia, about 190 km southeast of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] Coal-bearing sandstones, clays and limestones are typical geological traits of the Bandung area of southern Java.[3] The river flow merges with the Cipalebuh River, near the center of Pameungpeuk, southern coastal area of Garut, West Java.[1]

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Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is September, at 22 °C.[5] average annual rainfall is about 3730 mm. wettest month is December, with an average of 542 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 61 mm rainfall.[6]

See also


References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Ci Kaso at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. Woodward, Henry (1875). Geological magazine. Cambridge University Press. p. 482. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  4. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification" (PDF). Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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