Wayang-Windu is a twin volcano that consists of Mount Wayang (
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: ''Gunung Wayang'', "Mount Shadow") and Mount Windu. They are located just to the east of the town of
Pangalengan
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in the
Bandung Regency
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(''Kabupaten'' or ''District'') in
West Java
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,
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, about south of the city of
Bandung
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. The area has been an active
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project. Mount Wayang has a wide crescentic
crater
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which holds four groups of
fumarole
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s. Mount Windu has a wide crater.
The Wayang-Windu mountain complex is part of the hydrological divide that separates two major river basin groups in Java, dividing the northern and southern regions. This hydrological boundary stretches from the east to the west of the Java Island. The eastern slopes of the Wayang-Windu mountains are part of the Citarum River basin system, where the tributaries originating from these mountain slopes merge with the main river flow, eventually flowing towards the northern coast of Java and discharging into the Java Sea. On the other hand, the western slopes are part of the Cilaki River basin system, where the tributaries from these mountain slopes join the main river and flow towards the southern coast of Java, ultimately reaching the Indian Ocean.
See also
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Catchment hydrology
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Drainage divide
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Spring (hydrology)
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List of volcanoes in Indonesia
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Citarum river
The Citarum River (more correctly called the Tarum River, as the prefix "Ci" simply means "river") () is the longest and largest river in West Java, Indonesia. It is the third longest river in Java, after Bengawan Solo and Brantas. It plays an i ...
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Cilaki river
References
Bandung Regency
Citarum basin
Cilaki basin
Volcanoes of West Java
Pleistocene lava domes
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