
The Rawas River is a river in northern
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
,
Indonesia, about northwest of the capital
Jakarta
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*Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993.]
Air Rawas
- Geonames.org. It is a tributary of the
Musi River Musi may refer to:
* Musi River (Indonesia)
* Musi River (India), Telangana
* Moosy River, Andhra Pradesh, India
* Musi language, a Malay language spoken in Indonesia
* Angelo Musi (1918–2009), American basketball player
* Agostino de' Musi, real ...
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Geography
The river flows in the southern area of
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
with predominantly
tropical rainforest climate (designated as ''Af'' in the
Köppen–Geiger climate classification).
The annual average temperature in the area is . The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around , and the coldest is June, at .
The average annual rainfall is . The wettest month is December, with an average of rainfall, and the driest is June, with rainfall.
See also
*
List of rivers of Indonesia
*
List of rivers of Sumatra
References
{{Rivers of Sumatra
Rivers of South Sumatra
Rivers of Indonesia