Laa River

River in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia

Laa River

Sungai Laa, Salo Laa, Sungai La, Salo La

Location of river mouth

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Laa River (Indonesia)

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Location
Country| Indonesia
Province| Central Sulawesi
Physical characteristics
Length| 96.3 km (59.8 mi)
Basin size| 2,875.6 km2 (1,110.3 sq mi)[1]
Discharge|
• location| Near mouth
• average| 166.5 m3/s (5,880 cu ft/s)[1]
Basin features
River system| Laa River

The Laa River is a river in Sulawesi, Indonesia, about 1700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[2]

## Hydrology

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The Laa River empties into the Gulf of Mori. The Ta Pamona live along the river as well as the To Mori, who settled on the lower section of the river.[2]

## Geography

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The river flows in the eastern area of Sulawesi which has a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is July, at 21 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 4154 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 522 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 94 mm rainfall.[5]

Laa River

Climate chart (explanation)

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| Imperial conversion

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## See also

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* List of drainage basins of Indonesia
* List of rivers of Indonesia
* List of rivers of Sulawesi
* Poso River
* Lake Poso

## References

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1. ^ a b "Java-Timor-Sulawesi".
2. ^ a b Colonial 'reformation' in the Highlands of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, 1892-1995 by Albert Schrauwers University of Toronto Press, 2000 page65
3. ^ 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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
4. ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
5. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 18 January 2019.

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