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The tectonics processes in Indonesia formed major structures in Indonesia. The most prominent fault in the west of Indonesia is the Semangko Fault or the Great Sumatran Fault, a dextral strike-slip fault along Sumatra Island (about 1,900 km). The formation of this fault zone is related to the subduction zone in the west of Sumatra.
Indonesia is a transcontinental country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The environment of Indonesia consists of 17,508 islands scattered over both sides of the equator. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Indonesia's size, tropical climate, and archipelagic geography, support the world's second highest level of biodiversity after Brazil .
Indonesia's climate is almost entirely tropical, dominated by the tropical rainforest climate found in every major island of Indonesia, followed by the tropical monsoon climate that predominantly lies along Java's coastal north, Sulawesi's coastal south and east, and Bali, and finally the tropical savanna climate, found in isolated locations of ...
Raja Ampat, or the Four Kings, is an archipelago located off of the northwest tip of Bird's Head Peninsula (on the island of New Guinea), Southwest Papua province, Indonesia. It comprises over 1,500 small islands, cays , and shoals around the four main islands of Misool , Salawati , Batanta , and Waigeo , and the smaller island of Kofiau .
The Republic of Indonesia ratified the convention on 6 June 1989, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] As of 2023, there are ten World Heritage Sites in Indonesia, six of which are cultural and four are natural. This means Indonesia possesses the highest number of sites in Southeast Asia. [4]
Particularly for Indonesia, Simkin and Siebert used a catalogue of active volcanoes from the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior publication series. [ b ] The Simkin and Siebert list is the most complete list of volcanoes in Indonesia, but the accuracy of the record varies from one region to another in ...
Bahasa Indonesia: Suasana upacara yadnya kasada di gunung Bromo, Taman Nasional Bromo Tengger Semeru paska erupsi. Walau terjadi perubahan muka bentang alam akibat tumpukan material vulkanik di sekitaran gunung Bromo, warga sekitar tengger dari berbagai daerah seperti Pasuruan, Probolinggo, Malang, dan Lumajang melaksanakan peringatan sejarah tengger dimana pada bulan kasada di penanggalan ...
Around 9% of the Indonesia surface are national parks (less than the 25% of Germany or the 33% of France). The first group of five Indonesian national parks were established in 1980. [3] This number increased constantly reaching 41 in 2003. In a major expansion in 2004, nine more new national parks were created, raising the total number to 50. [4]