Sekayam River Sungai Sekayam, Sungai Sekajam, Soengai Sekajan | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Borneo |
Mouth | Kapuas River |
• location | Sanggau |
Basin features | |
River system | Kapuas basin (DAS320470) [1] |
Sekayam River is a river of Borneo, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. [2] It is a tributary of the Kapuas River. [3] The Public Forest System Utility Program (Program Pemberdayaan Sistem Hutan Kerakyatan; PPSHK) has a scheme on the river aimed at reducing the level of mercury content absorbed by humans. [4]
The river flows through the dense rainforest of Borneo. The Entabai River enters the Sekayam River.
The river flows in the western area of Borneo island with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [5] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is August when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is November, at 20 °C. [6] The average annual rainfall is 3680 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 466 mm of rainfall, and the driest is June, with 181 mm of rainfall. [7]
During the 1880s the river was exploited for its Cinnabar and antimony in its far upper course. [8]
Sekayam River Sungai Sekayam, Sungai Sekajam, Soengai Sekajan | |
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Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Borneo |
Mouth | Kapuas River |
• location | Sanggau |
Basin features | |
River system | Kapuas basin (DAS320470) [1] |
Sekayam River is a river of Borneo, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia. [2] It is a tributary of the Kapuas River. [3] The Public Forest System Utility Program (Program Pemberdayaan Sistem Hutan Kerakyatan; PPSHK) has a scheme on the river aimed at reducing the level of mercury content absorbed by humans. [4]
The river flows through the dense rainforest of Borneo. The Entabai River enters the Sekayam River.
The river flows in the western area of Borneo island with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [5] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is August when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is November, at 20 °C. [6] The average annual rainfall is 3680 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 466 mm of rainfall, and the driest is June, with 181 mm of rainfall. [7]
During the 1880s the river was exploited for its Cinnabar and antimony in its far upper course. [8]