The Ci Banten, or Ci Peteh, is a

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Banten Banten (, , Pegon alphabet, Pegon: بنتن) is the westernmost Provinces of Indonesia, province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang and its largest city is Tangerang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capi ...

province on the island of

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, Indonesia. The rivers in

, the westernmost province of Java, run roughly parallel to each other. The main rivers are the Peteh, called the Banten on the lower reaches near the city of Kota Banten; the

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, which enters the sea at Pontang; the

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, which enters the sea at

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; the Manceuri; and the Sadane, which 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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Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Java with a predominantly

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(designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October in which the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3471 mm. The wettest month is February with an average of 429 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 116 mm of rainfall.

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* {{Rivers of Java Rivers of Banten Cibanten basin

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