The Serayu River is a river in
Central Java
Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakart ...
,
Indonesia
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, about 300 km southeast of the capital
Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital city, capital and list of Indonesian cities by population, largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coa ...
.
Hydrology
The river spanned from northeast to southwest with length around 181
km, and crossring five ''
kabupaten
A regency ( id, kabupaten), sometimes incorrectly referred to as a district, is an administrative division of Indonesia, directly under a province and on the same level with city (''kota''). Regencies is divided into districts (''Kecamatan'', '' ...
'' (regency) in Central Java; they are
Wonosobo Regency
Wonosobo Regency ( jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦮꦤꦱꦧ, Kabupatèn Wanasaba) is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Wonosobo, located at , about 120 km from Semarang. The regenc ...
,
Banjarnegara Regency
Banjarnegara ( jv, ꦧꦚ꧀ꦗꦂꦤꦼꦒꦫ) is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,069.73 km2, and it had a population of 868,913 at the 2010 Census an ...
,
Purbalingga Regency,
Banyumas Regency
Banyumas ( jv, ꦧꦚꦸꦩꦱ꧀, formerly spelt "Banjoemas") Regency is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Purwokerto, but that town no longer has a central ad ...
, draining to
Indian Ocean
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with estuarine located at
Cilacap Regency.
[ 2009]
Karakteristik daerah aliran sungai (DAS) Serayu Provinsi Jawa Tengah berdasarkan kondisi fisik, sosial, serta ekonomi.
Dept. Geografi FMIPA Universitas Indonesia. (paper tidak diterbitkan)
Geography
The river flows in the southern central area of Java with predominantly
tropical monsoon climate
An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...
(designated as ''Am'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).
The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is August, at 23 °C.
The average annual rainfall is 3897 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 561 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 34 mm rainfall.
Uses
Mrica Dam is a
hydroelectric
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined an ...
powerplant dam installed in the Serayu River.
[Tempo.co]
''Usia Waduk Mrica Diperkirakan Tinggal 12 Tahun''.
Diakses 5/XII/2014.[Dinas Budpar Banjarnegara]
''Wisata Waduk Mrica''.
Diakses 5/XII/2014.
Water rafting is one of the tourist attraction in the villages of Tunggara and Prigi, in
Banjarnegara Regency
Banjarnegara ( jv, ꦧꦚ꧀ꦗꦂꦤꦼꦒꦫ) is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,069.73 km2, and it had a population of 868,913 at the 2010 Census an ...
.
[Kab. Banjarnegara]
''Arung Jeram Kaliserayu''.
Diakses 5/XII/2014.
Gallery
Serayu River, Central Java.jpg, Serayu river
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Aanleg van de spoorweg langs de Kali Serayu TMnr 60052257.jpg, Railroad construction by the Serayu near Kebasen, Banyumas
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een luchtfoto van de spoorbrug over de rivier Serajoe Midden-Java TMnr 10007525.jpg, Railroad bridge across Serayu near Kebasen
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Rawalo-brug bij Bandjoemas Midden-Java TMnr 10007580.jpg, Bridge at Rawalo, Banyumas
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een brug over de rivier Serajoe bij Maos in de residentie Banjoemas Midden-Java TMnr 10007553.jpg, Bridge near Maos, Cilacap (before 1917)
COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Mensen op de brug over de Serajoe-rivier te Banjoemas Midden-Java TMnr 60004502.jpg, Bridge built in 1890
Serayu River, Central Java, Indonesia.jpg, Serayu river
See also
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Sarayu River, in India, Sarayu and Serayu have been named after river in Hindu epic
Ramayana
The ''Rāmāyana'' (; sa, रामायणम्, ) is a Sanskrit epic composed over a period of nearly a millennium, with scholars' estimates for the earliest stage of the text ranging from the 8th to 4th centuries BCE, and later stages ...
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Sunda Kingdom
The Sunda Kingdom ( su, , Karajaan Sunda, ) was a Sundanese Hindu kingdom located in the western portion of the island of Java from 669 to around 1579, covering the area of present-day Banten, Jakarta, West Java, and the western part of Centr ...
, Hindu kingdom of Central and Western Java through which this river flowed
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List of rivers of Indonesia
This is a list of rivers in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sul ...
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List of rivers of Java
List of rivers flowing in the island of Java, Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017.
In alphabetical order
Mouth location
The following list groups the rivers by the dir ...
References
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Rivers of Central Java
Rivers of Indonesia