Wowei River | |
Name Other: | Sungai Wowei, Wawe, Sungai Wewe, Wewe River |
Pushpin Map: | Indonesia Bird's Head Peninsula##Indonesia |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Bird's Head Peninsula##Location in Indonesia |
Source1 Location: | Southwest Papua |
Mouth: | Pacific Ocean |
Mouth Location: | Tambrauw Regency |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Indonesia |
Length: | [1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | [2] |
Basin Size: | [3] |
The Wowei River (also Wewe or Wawe) is a river in northern Southwest Papua, Indonesia.[4] [5] [6] It flows in the Tambrauw Regency and discharges into the Pacific Ocean.[7]
The river flows in the southern area of Southwest Papua with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[8] The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is January, at 20 °C.[9] The average annual rainfall is 3322 mm.. The wettest month is June, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.[10]