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Jakarta Bay () is a bay north of North Jakarta city. The Thousand Islands are located in Jakarta Bay. 13 UNESCO - Community Waste Recycling in Jakarta Bay
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It was known as Bay of Batavia by the Dutch, who founded their city of Batavia, an administrative capital of the Dutch East Indies Company, in 1619.
There are several rivers that flow into Jakarta Bay, including (in order from east to west):
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Bays of Indonesia Landforms of Jakarta {{jakarta-geo-stub
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
s flow into the bay. The majority of the bay's coastal communities consist of people living below the poverty line
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, in conditions of poor sanitation. Nutrient inputs from agricultural runoff, industrial pollution, and wastewater have led to eutrophication
Eutrophication is a general term describing a process in which nutrients accumulate in a body of water, resulting in an increased growth of organisms that may deplete the oxygen in the water; ie. the process of too many plants growing on the s ...
, which in turn led to changes in the area's biodiversity. Harmful algal blooms
Algae ( , ; : alga ) is an informal term for any organisms of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic organisms that are not plants, and includes species from multiple distinct clades. Such organisms range from unicellular microalgae, suc ...
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It was known as Bay of Batavia by the Dutch, who founded their city of Batavia, an administrative capital of the Dutch East Indies Company, in 1619.
There are several rivers that flow into Jakarta Bay, including (in order from east to west): Kali Bekasi
Kali Bekasi (Bekasi River) is a river that originates from a confluence of the Cikeas and Cileungsi rivers in the south of the border between the city of Bekasi and Bogor Regency. It flows northward, cutting through the city center of Bekasi towar ...
, Kali Cakung, Kali Buaran, Kali Sunter, Ciliwung, Kali Krukut, Kali Angke.
References
External links
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Bays of Indonesia Landforms of Jakarta {{jakarta-geo-stub