Sekonyer is a river in southern Borneo, Central Kalimantan province, Indonesia, about 700 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.Sungai Sikunir at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
Hydrology It is a tributary of the Kumai River and is fed by the Camp Leakey River.
Ecology Part of the river traverses the Tanjung Puting National Park.Sekonyer River Inmyshoestravel (includes map) Travel on the river is often done by klotok, an Indonesian riverboat.Living on a klotok Inmyshoestravel (includes photographs) The river includes an orangutan habitat. The river is brown and murky. Gold mining takes place along it.
Geography The river flows in the southern central area of Kalimantan with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (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 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2778 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 386 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 66 mm of rainfall.
See also List of drainage basins of Indonesia List of rivers of Indonesia List of rivers of Kalimantan
References
External links Kalimantan 2: Sekonyer River to Camp Leakey YouTube video Wild Orang Utans near the Sekonyer River on Borneo YouTube video Photos of Sekonyer by Mike Helliwell