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Sesayap River Sungai Sesayap, Sungai Sesajap, Sesajap-rivier
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Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	North Kalimantan
Length	279 km (173 mi)
Basin size	16,449.12 km (6,351.04 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Sesayap Delta, Sulawesi Sea
• average	1,275.39 m/s (45,040 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Sesayap basin

Sesayap River is a river in Borneo island, flowing in North Kalimantan Province, Indonesia. It forms a delta which has islands including Bunyu and Tarakan Island.

Geography

The river flows in the northeastern area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 4020 mm. The wettest month is October, with an average of 438 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 263 mm rainfall.

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Kalimantan

References

1. Djoko, Kirmanto (May 2014). "PENGELOLAAN SUMBER DAYA AIR WILAYAH SUNGAI SESAYAP" (PDF).
2. Djoko, Kirmanto (May 2014). "PENGELOLAAN SUMBER DAYA AIR WILAYAH SUNGAI SESAYAP" (PDF).
3. Sungai Sesayap at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
4. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

3°37′00″N 117°13′45″E / 3.61666°N 117.2293°E / 3.61666; 117.2293

• Rivers of North Kalimantan
• Sesayap basin