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At 1,143 km (710 mi) in length, it is the longest river in the island of Borneo and the longest river in Indonesia [5] [6] and one of the world's longest island rivers. [7] It originates in the Müller mountain range at the center of the island and flows west into the South China Sea creating an extended marshy delta.
The Musi River (Indonesian: Sungai Musi) is a river in Southern Sumatra, Indonesia. [8] It flows from south-west to north-east, from the Barisan Mountains range that form the backbone of Sumatra, in Kepahiang Regency, Bengkulu Province, to the Bangka Strait that forms an extension of the South China Sea.
Indonesia: 1,904,569: 100.0: 3,221: 100.0 [4] Major rivers by Indonesia. River Island Length (km) Drainage area (km²) Average discharge (m 3 /s) Outflow Kapuas: Borneo:
Ci Liwung ("K. Ciliwung "), bottom center in the map of rivers and canals of Jakarta (2012)The Ciliwung (often written as Ci Liwung as the "ci" prefix simply translates as "river"; also as Tjiliwoeng in Dutch, Sundanese: ᮎᮤᮜᮤᮝᮥᮀ) is a 119 km long river in the northwestern region of Java where it flows through two provinces, West Java and the special region of Jakarta.
A timber raft on the Barito River with housing for the workers (ca.1905-14). The Barito River is the second longest river in Borneo, Indonesia after the Kapuas River with a total length of 1,090 km (680 mi) and a drainage basin of over 80,000 km 2 (31,000 sq mi) in South Kalimantan, Indonesia.
The Angke River (Indonesian: Kali Angke or Sungai Angke, Chinese: 紅溪; pinyin: Hóng xī; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Âng-khe) is a 91.25-kilometre (56.70 mi) long river in Jakarta, Indonesia. The river flows from the Bogor area of West Java, [2] passing through the cities of Tangerang and Jakarta into the Java Sea [3] via the Cengkareng Drain. [4]
A bridge and aqueduct crossing the secondary canal leading to the main stream of the Comal River (Dutch Colonial picture, 19th–20th century). The Comal River is the main stream in the drainage basin (Indonesian: daerah aliran sungai Comal covering an area of 822 km 2 (317 sq mi) [6] which comprises three administrative regencies: Pemalang, Tegal and Pekalongan. [7]
In February 2018, the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo launched a seven-year plan to clean up the whole river to achieve clean drinking-water status, ordering 7,000 regular soldiers to clean up allocated sections of the river regularly. They have the power to block up outlets conveying polluted wastewater from factories into the river and are ...