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GEOGRAPHY
 LOCATION
AND NATURAL CONDITION
Sumbawa
Island is located on the East part of the Lombok island, on the position of 116"
42' until 118"22' East Longitude and 8'8' until 9'7'
South latitude having the area width of 8.493 km2.
From the topographic
point of view, the surface of the soil in the area
of Sumbawa Island is not flat or tend to be hilly
with the height ranging from 0 to 1730 meters above
sea level, where most of them, that is as wide as
355.108 ha or 41.81 percent have the height of 100
until 500 meters.
CLIMATE and RAINFALL
Sumbawa Island has a tropical climate which is influenced
by the rainy season and the dry season. In the year
2007 the maximum temperature reached 38,6o C which
happened in November and the minimum temperature is
17.0oC which happened in August. The maximum
humidity reach 89%, with a minimum of 64%, while the
maximum air pressure is 1.011,9 mb, with a minimum
of 1008,5 mb. The most wind moves south East with
the highest velocity of 20 knots / seconds which
happened on February.
The existence of
natural phenomenon such as Elnino that hit some of
the Indonesian region including the Sumbawa Island,
influences the number of rainy days and rainfalls
that happened along the year 2007. The rainy days
are less compared to the previous year that is 109
days, most of them happened on December till January which were
29 days.
The same thing happened
with the rainfalls. The most rainfalls happened on
February which was as much as 478.3 mm, and then on
December and January with the rainfalls of 373.6 and
203.5 mm respectively.
One factor that is
influential to the rainy days and rainfalls is the
amount of evaporation. The amount of evaporation can
influence the amount of rainy days and rainfalls
that happens on the next period. Along the year of
2007 the evaporation range between 182.5 mm until
282.2 mm. Compared to the year before there is a
high increase on the average rate of evaporation
from 191.2 mm into 297.8 mm.
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