Musi River (Indonesia)

Musi River Sungai Musi, Air Musi, Musi River, Palembang River, Sungai Palembang, Air Moesi, Kali Musi
Ampera Bridge over the Musi River
Location of river mouth Musi River (Indonesia) (Indonesia)
Location
Country	South Sumatra, Indonesia
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Barisan Mountains, Kepahiang, Bengkulu
Mouth
• location	Bangka Strait, South China Sea, South Sumatra
Length	750 km (470 mi)
Basin size	56,931 km2 (21,981 sq mi) 59,942 km2 (23,144 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Musi Delta, Bangka Strait
• average	3,050 m3/s (108,000 cu ft/s)
• minimum	1,400 m3/s (49,000 cu ft/s)
• maximum	4,200 m3/s (150,000 cu ft/s)
Discharge
• location	Palembang, (Confluence of Komering River - Basin size 53,500 km2 (20,700 sq mi)
• average	2,700 m3/s (95,000 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Average depth	6.5 m (21 ft)

The Musi River is located in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia.

The river roughly flows from south-west to north-east, from Barisan Mountains range that formed the backbone of Sumatra, in Kepahiang, Bengkulu, to the Bangka Strait that formed the extension of South China Sea. It is about 750 kilometers long, and drains most of South Sumatra province. After flowing through Palembang, the provincial capital, it joins with the several other rivers, including the Banyuasin River, to form a delta near the city of Sungsang. The river, dredged to a depth of about 6.5 meters, is navigable by large ships as far as Palembang, which is the site of major port facilities used primarily for the export of petroleum, rubber and palm-oil. This river system, especially around the city of Palembang, was the heart of eponymous 7th to 13th century Srivijayan empire. The river mouth was the site of the SilkAir Flight 185 plane crash which killed all 104 passengers and crew on board in 1997.

Geography

The river flows in the southern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is July, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2579 mm. The wettest month is April, with an average of 344 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 99 mm rainfall.

Gallery

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  The Musi River and Palembang
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  The Musi River by Palembang
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  The Ampera Bridge on Musi River, Palembang

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Sumatra

External links

• Media related to Musi River at Wikimedia Commons
• Banyuasin Musi River Delta conservation information from the ARCBC