Kamundan River
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{{Infobox river
| name =Kamundan River
|name_other = Wai Kamoendan, Soengai Kamoendan, Sungai Kumandan
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| image_caption =
| pushpin_map = Indonesia Western New Guinea
| pushpin_map_caption = Location of river mouth
| source1_location = Manokwari Regency, West Papua
| mouth_location = Bintuni Bay, Sorong Selatan Regency
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|2.2882|S|132.6415|E|display=inline, title}}
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = Indonesia
| length = {{cvt|340.6|km|mi|abbr=on}}{{cite web|url=https://www.riversnetwork.org/MAPS/SOUTH%20ASIA/PAPUA_IRIAN/index.html|title=Irian Jaya Coast}}
| source1_elevation =
| mouth_elevation =
| discharge1_location=Near mouth
| discharge1_avg = {{cvt|386.45|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}
| basin_size = {{cvt|5,865|km2|mi2|abbr=on}}
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The Kamundan River is a river in southern West Papua province, Indonesia.Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.[http://www.geonames.org/1641597/sungai%20kamundan.html Sungai Kamundan] – Geonames.org. Kamundan is mostly still natural with the upstream in Manokwari Regency and river mouth at the border of Bintuni Bay and Sorong Selatan Regency.[https://ilmugeografi.com/ilmu-bumi/sungai/sungai-yang-terdapat-di-papua 8 Sungai yang terdapat di Papua]. Ilmu Geografi.com It is also known as the "Sungai Kamundan".{{Cite web|url=https://mapcarta.com/15628872|title = Kamundan River}}
Geography
The river flows in the southern area of West Papua with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).{{Cite journal | title = Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification| url = http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html| year = 2007| journal = Hydrology and Earth System Sciences| volume = 11| date =| doi = 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007| first1 =M C| first2 = B L| first3 = T A| last1 = Peel| last2 = Finlayson| last3 =McMahon| issue = 5| pages = 1633–1644| bibcode = 2007HESS...11.1633P| doi-access = free}} The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is January when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.{{Cite web|url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title= NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|date= 30 January 2016|publisher= NASA|access-date= 5 December 2018|archive-date= 6 August 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130806035941/http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|url-status= dead}} The average annual rainfall is 3744 mm. The wettest month is June, with an average of 484 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 153 mm rainfall.{{Cite web|url = http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014|title = NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)|date = 30 January 2016|publisher = NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission|access-date = 5 December 2018|archive-date = 19 April 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190419091014/https://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014|url-status = dead}}
Ecology
The Kamundan River has many trees on both banks as well as clear and calm water. Some species can be found around this river including saltwater crocodiles, primates, a variety of hornbills, yellow-crested cockatoos, and bats.