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Fishing is an important economic activity in the Java Sea. Over 3,000 species of marine life are found in the area. A number of national parks exist in the area such as Karimunjawa. The Thousand Islands are located north of the national capital Jakarta, and are the city's only regency. The area around the Java Sea is also a popular tourist ...
The rise of sea level during a meltwater pulse 14,600 to 14,300 years Before Present was as much as 16 meters within 300 years. [6] Present sea levels submerge a number of Pleistocene paleo river systems that drained much of Sundaland during the last glacial maximum 18,000 to 20,000 years ago. [7] To the east of the Sunda Shelf is the Sahul Shelf.
The strait is notoriously difficult to navigate because of this shallowness, very strong tidal currents, sandbanks, and man-made obstructions such as oil platforms off the Java coast. [ 3 ] For centuries, the strait was an important shipping route, especially during the period when the Dutch East India Company used it as the gateway to the ...
At the peak of either monsoon, the current can run up to 6 kilometres per hour (3 nautical miles per hour) When the monsoon is light, "there is little or no current" and the direction may be subject to the tidal stream. [10] The strait's currents run between the South China Sea to its north and the Java Sea to its south. [11]
It is 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) long with a maximum depth of 7,290 metres (23,920 feet). [2] Its maximum depth is the deepest point in the Indian Ocean . The trench stretches from the Lesser Sunda Islands past Java , around the southern coast of Sumatra to the Andaman Islands , and forms the boundary between the Indo-Australian plate and ...
The temperature of the water in Bali Strait is subject to noticeable seasonal fluctuations, predetermined by the periods of monsoons.During the period of the northwestern monsoon (January–March), average temperature is about 28–29 °C, whereas in the southeast (July–September) temperature drops to 26 °C.
Java [a] is one of the islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 153.8 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 54% of the Indonesian population. [2] Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast.
The Eastern limits of the Philippine Sea [P 1] and Japan Sea [P 2] and the Southeastern limit of the Sea of Okhotsk. [P 3] On the North. The Southern limits of the Bering Sea [P 4] and the Gulf of Alaska. [P 5] On the East. The Western limit of Coastal waters of Southeast Alaska and Br. Columbia, [P 6] and the Southern limit of the Gulf of ...