Sambas River
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The river is considered deep. In mouth area, the depth reaches 30 m, whereas in upstream part it is about 10 m. The width of the river is 400 m in average, while only 150 m in upstream part. The length of river is about 233 km.
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Geography
The river flows in the western area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is January, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3542 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 485 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 106 mm rainfall.