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The Mookervaart River (Mookervaart Canal; also written in Indonesian as ''Mokervart'') is a canal connecting the
Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., 2015. pp. 307-309.
The Mookervaart was originally constructed in 1678 to 1689 to draw one third the water flow from the Cisadane River, and link to the city canals of Batavia, to control the flood. In 1732 Governor General Diederik Durven ordered the canal to be dug deeper to bring more water to the city, but this created stagnant pools that brought deathly illness, such as malaria, increasing the mortality.R.J. Ross, Gerard J. Telkamp (eds). ''Colonial Cities: Essays on Urbanism in a Colonial Context''. Volume 5 of ''Comparative Studies in Overseas History''
Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. Furthermore, the canal also swells very high during the rainy season, so a lock was built at the upper end of the river in 1770.Stockdale, John Joseph. ''Sketches, Civil and Military, of the Island of Java and Its Immediate Dependencies, Comprising Interesting Details of Batavia, and Authentic Particulars of the Celebrated Poison-tree''
Harvard University, 1811. pp 221-222. Nonetheless, the Mookervaart still supplied the most water to Batavia in the 18th century.
Archived in ''Konservasi DAS Ciliwung''
- April 2012.
Cisadane River
The Cisadane River is a long river in northern West Java, Indonesia.
The river has its source at Mount Pangrango, and passes through Bogor and Tangerang before flowing to the Java Sea.
The rivers in Banten, the westernmost province of Java, ru ...
in Tangerang and '' Kali Angke'' (Angke River
The Angke River ( or , ) is a long river in Jakarta, Indonesia. The river flows from Bogor area of West Java, passing through the cities of Tangerang ( Banten) and Jakarta into the Java Sea via the Cengkareng Drain.BBWS Ciliwung Cisadane. ''Penge ...
) in Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...
. Constructed from 1678 to 1689, this 25–30 meter wide channel is one of the important flood control water channels in Jakarta.Jan Kop, Wim Ravesteijn, Kasper Kop. ''Irrigation Revisited: An anthology of Indonesian-Dutch cooperation 1965-2014''Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., 2015. pp. 307-309.
History
The Mookervaart was originally constructed in 1678 to 1689 to draw one third the water flow from the Cisadane River, and link to the city canals of Batavia, to control the flood. In 1732 Governor General Diederik Durven ordered the canal to be dug deeper to bring more water to the city, but this created stagnant pools that brought deathly illness, such as malaria, increasing the mortality.R.J. Ross, Gerard J. Telkamp (eds). ''Colonial Cities: Essays on Urbanism in a Colonial Context''. Volume 5 of ''Comparative Studies in Overseas History''Springer Science & Business Media, 2012. Furthermore, the canal also swells very high during the rainy season, so a lock was built at the upper end of the river in 1770.Stockdale, John Joseph. ''Sketches, Civil and Military, of the Island of Java and Its Immediate Dependencies, Comprising Interesting Details of Batavia, and Authentic Particulars of the Celebrated Poison-tree''
Harvard University, 1811. pp 221-222. Nonetheless, the Mookervaart still supplied the most water to Batavia in the 18th century.
Hydrology
The Mookervaart River has a length of , with the watershed area () of 67 km². The average daily rainfall is 132 mm, with the peak debit at 125 m³.BBWS Ciliwung Cisadane. ''Pengendalian Banjir dan Perbaikan Sungai Ciliwung Cisadane'' (PBPS CC)Archived in ''Konservasi DAS Ciliwung''
- April 2012.
Geography
The river flows in the northwest area of Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 27 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 30 °C, and the coldest is May, at 26 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3674 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 456 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 87 mm rainfall.Historic place
Fort Anké was built by the Dutch East India Company in 1657 at the intersection of the Mookervaart channel (Mookervaart River) andAngke River
The Angke River ( or , ) is a long river in Jakarta, Indonesia. The river flows from Bogor area of West Java, passing through the cities of Tangerang ( Banten) and Jakarta into the Java Sea via the Cengkareng Drain.BBWS Ciliwung Cisadane. ''Penge ...
. Historical names for the fort include Anckee, Anke, and Ankee.
See also
* List of rivers of JavaReferences
{{Rivers of Java Rivers of Jakarta Rivers of Indonesia