The Cisadane River is a long river in northern

West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten ...

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. The river has its source at

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, and passes through

Bogor Bogor ( su, , nl, Buitenzorg) is a city in the West Java province, Indonesia. Located around south of the national capital of Jakarta, Bogor is the 6th largest city in the Jakarta metropolitan area and the 14th overall nationwide.Tangerang Tangerang ( Sundanese: , ) is a city in the province of Banten, Indonesia. Located on the western border of Jakarta, it is the third largest urban centre in the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area after Jakarta and Bekasi; the sixth largest cit ...

before flowing to the

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. The rivers in

Banten Banten ( id, Banten; Sundanese: , romanized ''Banten'') is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the Ja ...

, the westernmost province of Java, run roughly parallel to each other. The main ones are the Peteh, called the

on the lower reaches near the city of Kota Banten, the Ujung, which enters the sea at Pontang, the

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, which enters the sea at

Tanara Tanara is a district in the Banten province on the island of Java, Indonesia. The Ci Durian, a river, enters the Java Sea The Java Sea ( id, Laut Jawa, jv, Segara Jawa) is an extensive shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf, between the Indonesian ...

, the Manceuri, and the Sadane. The Ci Sadane rises in the mountainous region of Priyangan and in 1682 formed the border between the

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(VOC) territory and Batavia (modern

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). The Durian, Manceuri and Sadane rivers flow through the

Tangerang Plain Tangerang Regency is a regency of Banten province, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Java. The current regent is Ahmed Zaki Iskandar. Though commonly misunderstood as being a part of Jakarta, Tangerang is actually outside Jakarta City but ...

. In 1911 the colonial government started to prepare an irrigation plan, and in 1914 determined that various tracts in the plain should be subject to compulsory purchase for this purpose. In 1919 a plan was issued where the north of the plain would be irrigated by the Ci Sadane and the southern area by the Ci Durian. Its tributaries include the Cianten and Ciapus. The river has a watershed area of approximately 1,370 km².

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