Serang River

Serang River is a river in northern Central Java, Indonesia, about 400 km east of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] The largest tributary is Lusi River, which discharges into Serang River after passing the city of Purwodadi.[3]

Serang River
Kali Serang, Sungai Serang, Kali Werang
Location of river mouth
Serang River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
SourceMount Merbabu
  locationCentral Java
Mouth 
  location
Jepara Regency

Geography

The river flows in the central area of Java with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is January, at 23 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 2845 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 527 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 35 mm rainfall.[6]

Serang River
Climate chart (explanation)
J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D
 
 
527
 
 
26
20
 
 
428
 
 
25
23
 
 
337
 
 
26
23
 
 
293
 
 
27
23
 
 
158
 
 
26
22
 
 
151
 
 
27
23
 
 
93
 
 
28
21
 
 
39
 
 
30
23
 
 
35
 
 
32
22
 
 
158
 
 
32
23
 
 
248
 
 
28
22
 
 
378
 
 
25
21
Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
Precipitation totals in mm
Source: [5]

See also

References

  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Kali Serang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. Sungai Lusi (Kali Lusi) Kumpulan Ensiklopedi Dunia.
  4. 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. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  5. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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