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Mapi River
Sungai Mapi, Sungai Mappi, Mappi-rivier
Mappi River is located in South Papua
Mappi River
Location of river mouth
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSouth Papua
MouthDigul
Length145 km (90 mi)[1]
Basin size8,307 km2 (3,207 mi2)[2][3] 9,581.7 km2 (3,699.5 mi2)[1]
Discharge 
 • average(Period: 2002–2011)580 m3/s (20,000 cu ft/s)[2][3] (Period: 1971–2000)540.7 m3/s (19,090 cu ft/s)[1]

The Mapi River or Mappi River (Indonesian: Sungai Mapi) is a river in South Papua, Indonesia.[4][5]

Geography

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The river flows in South Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is February when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 3143 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 403 mm rainfall, and the driest is July, with 66 mm rainfall.[8] The average rainfall for the whole catchment area between 2002 and 2011 was 3577 mm.[3]

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