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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.
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.
Sungai Penuh (Indonesian: (Kota) Sungai Penuh, lit. "Full River (City)") is a city in Indonesia , in western Jambi province , on the island of Sumatra . It is an enclave within Kerinci Regency , of which it was formerly part but from which it became administratively separate on 24 June 2008.
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]
First, the change of the word from Candrabhaga to Bekasi was suggested by Prof. Dr. R. Ng. Poerbatjaraka in 1951, a philology expert at the University of Indonesia who obtained a doctorate at Leiden University, the Netherlands, in Javanese literature in 1926. He stated that Bekasi comes from the word Candrabhaga, the name of a river built in ...
The Sembakung River is a river in Borneo that flows from Sabah, Malaysia to North Kalimantan, Indonesia, about 1600 km northeast of the capital Jakarta. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Geography
The Krukut River is a river flowing in Jakarta originating in Bogor Regency. [1] In the past the river was clean and one of the tourist attractions during the Dutch East Indies administration, but due to denser housing on the banks and lack of maintenance, the water turned dark and filled with trash, causing routine flooding in rainy seasons.