Cikawalon River is an important river at
Dayeuhluhur
Dayeuhluhur is a district within the Cilacap Regency of Central Java.
History
Dayeuhluhur began as a '' Kadipaten'' or Duchy of Daya Luhur under Gagak Ngampar.
Dayeuhluhur is place the popular Sondanese epic of Ciung Wanara in Cijolang River a ...
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Cilacap Regency
Cilacap Regency (, also spelt: Chilachap, old spelling: Tjilatjap, Sundanese: ) is a regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Cilacap, which had 263,098 inhabitants in mid 2024, sprea ...
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Central Java
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Java Island
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Indonesia
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, about 220 km southeast of the capital
Jakarta
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Ci Kawolan
at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27 It is a tributary river of the Cibeet River
Cibeet River is a river in Dayeuhluhur, Cilacap, Dayeuhluhur, Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, about 220 km southeast of the capital Jakarta.
Hydrography
The river source is at The Forbidden Forest of the Upper Cibeet River, Dayeuhl ...
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Hydrology
The source of this river is at The Forbidden Forest of the Upper Cibeet River, near Mount Pojoktiga
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, and the river flows into Cibeet River
Cibeet River is a river in Dayeuhluhur, Cilacap, Dayeuhluhur, Cilacap Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, about 220 km southeast of the capital Jakarta.
Hydrography
The river source is at The Forbidden Forest of the Upper Cibeet River, Dayeuhl ...
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Tradition
Location Cikawalon river is at the upper of north Cilacap Regency
Cilacap Regency (, also spelt: Chilachap, old spelling: Tjilatjap, Sundanese: ) is a regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Cilacap, which had 263,098 inhabitants in mid 2024, sprea ...
but this river never has pure water because of farming activities. The Cikawalon River is a unique river, because it has a lot of sacred places.
''Ngarumat Lembur'' ("caring for hometown"), at its fourth volume, was held in December 2012, took advantage of the moment of National Tree Planting Day every November to hold tree planting
Tree planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purposes. It differs from the transplantation of larger trees in arboriculture and from the lower-cost but slower and les ...
. Tree planting since 2010 has been carried out in seven villages, namely Datar, Hanum, Panulisan Barat, Panulisan Timur, Bingkeng, Ciwalen, and Cijeruk, targeting critical lands in the Cikawalon River, Singaraja, Cidayeuh, Cibeet and Cijolang which crosses Dayeuhluhur.["Merawat Kampung ala Dayeuhluhur"]
Kompas.com. 23 Maret 2013.
Tourist attractions
" Curug Cimandaway" waterfall is a tourism place located on the Singaraja River which falls into the Cikawalon River. The road to the waterfall was repaired through the first volume of the ''Ngarumat Lembur'' program on March 16, 2010, so that the previous track was only stretched and could be entered by four-wheeled vehicles.[
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Geography
The river flows in the central area of Java with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate
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(designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).
See also
*List of drainage basins of Indonesia
This is a list of river catchment areas, also known as drainage basins, in Indonesia.
Based on the National River Basin Classification map, Indonesia has a total of 42,210 river basins organized as a basis for determining watershed management poli ...
*List of rivers of Indonesia
This is a list of rivers in Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017.
By island
This list is arranged by island in alphabetical order, with respective tributaries indented un ...
*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
{{Rivers of Java
Rivers of Central Java
Cilacap Regency
Citanduy basin