Baliung River

Baliung River is a river flowing in southern Java, within the Banten province, Indonesia.[1] The upstream starts in the southern mountains of Java; it flows southward into the Indian Ocean, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Jakarta.[2]

Baliung River
Tjibaliung, Tji Baliung
Ci Binuangeun
Native nameCi Baliung
Cibaliung
Location
CountryIndonesia
StateBanten
Physical characteristics
Source 
  locationBanten, Indonesia
Mouth 
  location
Indian Ocean, Banten, Indonesia

Hydrology

The watershed area (Indonesian: Daerah Aliran Sungai) of 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 area under the authority of Banten Province.[3][4] There are 75 watershed areas in Cibaliung-Cisawarna river region.[3]

Geography

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Climate chart (explanation)
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Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [5]

The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] 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.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3842 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 497 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 89 mm rainfall.[7]

See also

References

  1. Ci Baliung at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. Daerah Aliran Sungai (DAS) dan Wilayah Sungai (WS)di Provinsi Banten. Oleh:R.D Ambarwati, ST.MT. Provinsi Banten. Diakses 5 Februari 2018.
  4. Berdasarkan Peraturan Menteri Pekerjaan Umum dan Perumahan Rakyat Nomor 4/PRT/M/2015 tentang Kriteria dan Penetapan Wilayah Sungai.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
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