Baliung River
| Baliung River Tjibaliung, Tji Baliung Ci Binuangeun | |
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| Native name | Ci Baliung, Cibaliung (Sundanese) |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| State | Banten |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Cijaku, Lebak Regency |
| • coordinates | 6°41′02″S 106°07′12″E / 6.683980°S 106.120025°E |
| 2nd source | |
| • location | Cibaliung, Pandeglang Regency |
| • coordinates | 6°40′47″S 105°41′46″E / 6.679816°S 105.696192°E |
| Mouth | Indian Ocean |
• location | Muarabinuangeun, Lebak Regency |
• coordinates | 6°50′31″S 105°52′48″E / 6.841866°S 105.879878°E |
| Basin size | 544 km2 (210 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Cibaliung basin [DAS210736][1] |
| River Basin Management Unit | BPDAS Citarum Ciliwung[1] |
The Baliung River is a river flowing in southern Java, within the Banten province, Indonesia.[2] The upstream starts in the southern mountains of Java; it flows southward into the Indian Ocean, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Jakarta.[3]
Hydrology
[edit]The watershed area (Indonesian: Daerah Aliran Sungai) of the Baliung River belongs to the Cibaliung–Cisawarna River region (Indonesian: Wilayah Sungai), one of the four river region in Banten, and one of the two river areas under the authority of Banten province.[4][5] There are 75 watershed areas in the Cibaliung–Cisawarna river region.[4]
Geography
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The river flows in the southwest area of Java with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification).[7] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is May, at 21 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 3842 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 497 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 89 mm of rainfall.[8]
See also
[edit]- Cihara River
- List of drainage basins of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Banten
- List of rivers of Indonesia
- List of rivers of Java
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan Nomor SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011 Tahun 2011 - Pusat Data Hukumonline".
- ^ Ci Baliung at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ a b Daerah Aliran Sungai (DAS) dan Wilayah Sungai (WS)di Provinsi Banten. Oleh:R.D Ambarwati, ST.MT. Provinsi Banten. Diakses 5 Februari 2018.
- ^ Berdasarkan Peraturan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat Nomor 4/PRT/M/2015 tentang Kriteria dan Penetapan Wilayah Sungai.
- ^ a b "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2018.