HOME

TheInfoList



Click Here for Items Related To - Manuk River
OR:
Manuk River on:   [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Amazon]

The Manuk River (, means: ''Bird River'' in Sundanese) is a river in
West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...
,
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
, about 170 km east of the capital
Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...
.


Hydrology

The whole part of this river is located within
West Java West Java (, ) is an Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Banten and the country's capital region of Jakarta to t ...
province. The river runs from south to north and drains to the Java Sea near the town of Indramayu. There are two river mouths: ''Cimanuk Lawas'' ("Old Cimanuk"; ) and ''Cimanuk Anyar'' ("New Cimanuk"; ). Floods caused by the overflow of the river Cimanuk, in this
Garut Regency Garut Regency is a Regency (Indonesia), regency in the Indonesian province of West Java. It covers an area of 3,065.19 km2 (1,186.91 mi2). Geographically, it lies between 6°5734 – 7°4457 South latitude and 107°2434 – 108° ...
hit on 21 September 2016, which damaged at least 7 districts. This resulted in the loss of life, injuries, and property damage.Pengungsi akibat Banjir Bandang di Garut Mencapai 1.000 Orang
Kristian Erdianto. Kompas.com - 21 Sep 2016.


Geography

The river flows in the western area of Java with a 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 subtype 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 25 °C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2465 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 461 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 6 mm of rainfall.


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 West Java Cimanuk basin