Kluet River is a river in the province of Aceh, in northern

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

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, about 1500 km northwest of the capital

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.Krueng Kluet
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Geography

The river flows in the northern area of Sumatra with predominantly

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(designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is July, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3153 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 381 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 126 mm rainfall.

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{{Rivers of Sumatra Rivers of Aceh Rivers of Indonesia

Geography

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