Mina River (Indonesia)

Mina River Sungai Mina, Mina Riva, Missa River, Noil Mina, Noil Besiam, Besian River, Noel Mina
Native name	Noel Mina (Indonesian)
Location
Country	Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Timor
Mouth	Timor Sea
• location	Kupang; Timor Tengah Selatan
• coordinates	10.16135°S 124.21115°E / -10.16135; 124.21115
Length	100 km (62 mi)[1]

Noel Mina

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Mina river mouth

The Mina River (Noel Mina) is a river of Timor, in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, about 2000 km east of the capital Jakarta.^[2][3] Above this river also stretches the Noelmina Bridge which connects Kupang with the South Central Timor Regency.

Hydrology

The Mina River is one of the main rivers in Kupang^[4] and Timor Tengah Selatan Regency.^[1] The river area of the Mina comprises the watershed (Daerah Aliran Sungai/DAS) Noel Mina, Noel Termanu and Nungkurus; one of two river areas (other than Benanain River Area) in West Timor.^[5]

Geography

The river flows in the southwest of Timor with predominantly tropical savanna climate (designated as Aw in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).^[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is November, when the average temperature is around 29 °C, and the coldest is June, at 23 °C.^[7] The average annual rainfall is 1760 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 305 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 5 mm rainfall.^[8]

See also

• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of West Timor

References

1. Nama dan Panjang Sungai di Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur. BPS NTT.
2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
3. Noel Mina at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
4. Selamatkan Kami Dari Sampah. Riflan Hayon. Lintas NTT. 23 Juli 2014.
5. Kodoatie, Robert J.; Sjarief, Roestam (2010). Tata Ruang Air. Penerbit Andi. pp. 116–. ISBN 978-979-29-1242-5.
6. 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.
7. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
8. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

Further reading

• (in Indonesian) Lembaga Penelitian Hasil Hutan (Indonesia). "Laporan feasibility study proyek reboisasi dan penghijauan daerah aliran sungai Noel Mina Di Propinsi Daerah Tingkat I Nusa Tenggara Timur. Direktorat Reboisasi dan Rehabilitasi : Lembaga Penelitian Hasil Hutan, Badan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Pertanian, Departemen Pertanian, 1977