Poso River Sungai Poso, Koro Poso, Soengai Posso | |
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![]() The Poso River, at Poso, May 1919. | |
Native name | Sungai Poso (Indonesian) |
Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
State | Central Sulawesi |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Poso |
• location | Tentena |
Mouth | Gulf of Tomini |
Length | 100 km (62 mi) |
Basin size | 2,673.4 km2 (1,032.2 sq mi)[1] |
Discharge | |
• location | Near mouth |
• average | 119.9 m3/s (4,230 cu ft/s)[1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Poso River |
The Poso is a river of Central Sulawesi on Sulawesi island, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.[2] The Poso is approximately 100 km long and flows from Lake Poso, about 2 km west of the town of Tentena to the city of Poso and then into the Gulf of Tomini.[3]