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It originates at Mount Timanuk in East Lombok Regency, with a source elevation of 2,575 meters. It flows in a southwesterly direction, with a parallel drainage pattern, reaching the Lombok Strait at the district of Labuapi, West Lombok Regency. The length of the river's main course is around 55 km. [1]
The formation of the Lombok Strait is influenced by oceanic tidal mixing, heat content of the water masses, and seasonal changes. As the Lombok Strait is situated between Bali and Lombok, it is an exit way for the Indonesian Throughflow (ITF) which connects the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. [2] As a result of this, oceanic tidal mixing ...
Lombok is somewhat similar in size and density, and shares some cultural heritage with the neighboring island of Bali to the west. However, it is administratively part of West Nusa Tenggara, along with the larger and more sparsely populated island of Sumbawa to the east. Lombok is surrounded by a number of smaller islands locally called Gili.
Map of 2018 Lombok earthquakes. On 19 August 2018 a major earthquake struck with high intensity on the northeast corner of Lombok (Sambelia and Labuhan Lombok settlements) and northwest Sumbawa (Poto Tano settlement) at 22:56 local time, a few km to the east of a series of quakes that had been rocking the area for the past 3 weeks.
The area of this province is 19,675.89 km 2 (7,596.90 sq mi) which consists of two main islands, namely Lombok Island and Sumbawa Island as well as several other small islands. [9] The two largest islands in this province are the smaller but much more populated Lombok in the west and the much larger in area but much less densely populated ...
The earthquake has its epicenter in East Lombok Regency, with a reported magnitude and depth of M w 5.6 and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), [2] while the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) reported a magnitude of M w 5.4 and a depth of 11 kilometres (6.8 mi).
East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur) is the southernmost province of Indonesia.It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the north.
Bintang Timur apparently resumed publication in early 1953 after being unable to publish during World War II and the Indonesian National Revolution. [6] Under its new guise in independent Indonesia , Parada Harahap once again became president-director and head editor, and promised that the paper would have a "national progressive" line and to ...