Palu River
River in Sulawesi, Indonesia
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The Palu River (Indonesian: Sungai Palu) is a river in Central Sulawesi, Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[2][3]
| Palu River Sungai Palu, Salo Paloe, Binangga Palu, Sungai Miu | |
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Palu River in 2010 | |
  Location of river mouth  Palu River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Sulawesi |
| Mouth | |
• location | at Palu into Makassar Strait |
• elevation | Sea level |
| Length | 90 km (56 mi) |
Basin size | 2,694 km2 (1,040 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 61.2 m3/s (2,160 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Gumbasa River |
Hydrology
The river flows through the city of Palu, with 41% of the basin area covered by the protected tropical montane forest of the Lore Lindu National Park.[4]
Geography
The river flows in the west area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is July, at 22 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2092 mm. The wettest month is August, with an average of 252 mm rainfall, and the driest is February, with 114 mm rainfall.[7]
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