Sesayap River is a

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island, flowing in North Kalimantan Province,

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.Sungai Sesayap
at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27 It forms a

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which has islands including

Bunyu Bunyu is an oil-rich Indonesian island situated to the north of Tarakan City, in the eastern Celebes Sea off the north-eastern coast of Borneo in North Kalimantan province. The administrative area comprising Bunyu District is composed of eleven ...

and

Tarakan Island Tarakan is an island and the largest city of the Indonesian province of North Kalimantan. The island city is located in northern Borneo, midway along the coast of the province. The city boundaries are co-extensive with the island (including a cou ...

Geography

The river flows in the northeastern area of

island with predominantly

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(designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 23 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 4020 mm. The wettest month is October, with an average of 438 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 263 mm rainfall.

References

{{Rivers of Kalimantan Rivers of North Kalimantan Rivers of Indonesia

Geography

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