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The Tala River is a river of western
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, about 2,400 km northeast of the capital
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History

According to the Central Maluku legend, the three rivers ( Eti, Tala and Sapalewa) flow from a sacred lake on the mountain peak called Nunusaku. There grows a ficus tree with three big roots, each stretching in the direction of these rivers, and is where the Alifuru people of Seram island, who later inhabited the surrounding islands, originated. The three rivers are known in local language as ''Kwele Batai Telu'' or ''Kwalai Batai Telu'' ("three stream branches"; Indonesian: "Tiga Ruas Sungai") watering the island of Seram (''Nusa Ina'').Eti, Tala dan Sapalewa (Legenda dari SBB, Maluku)
Molluca Times. April 2016. "Nunusaku" (a lost great kingdom according to legend) is a term consisting of two words: "nunu" ( ficus tree) and "saku" (
truth Truth or verity is the Property (philosophy), property of being in accord with fact or reality.Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionarytruth, 2005 In everyday language, it is typically ascribed to things that aim to represent reality or otherwise cor ...
). This place is located in the area of Manusa-Manue and considered impassable by humans. Alune and Wemale people live in the watershed areas of the three rivers. Alune inhabit the whole area of the Eti, the mountainous area of Tala and most of coastal Sapalewa, while the Wemale live east of the Tala and Sapalewa.


Hydrology

The Tala is one of the three main basins of the western side of Seram. It flows southward, and empties into El-Paputih Bay on the southwest coast of the island.


Geography

The river flows in the western area of Seram island with predominantly
tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, United States ...
(designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 22 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3349 mm. The wettest month is July, with an average of 442 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 112 mm rainfall.


See also

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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 Maluku (province)


References

{{Rivers of Maluku (province) Rivers of Seram Island Drainage basins of Seram