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Arut River Sungai Arut, Soengai Aroet | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Province | Central Kalimantan |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | West Kotawaringin Regency |
Mouth | Lamandau River |
Arut River is a river in the province of Kalimantan Tengah, island of Borneo, Indonesia, about 700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[1] It is a tributary of the Lamandau River.[2] The river flows through the north side of Pangkalan Bun town.
The river flows in the southern area of Kalimantan with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 22 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 2778 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 570 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 66 mm of rainfall.[5]