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Rokan River
Rokan River is a river in Riau province, central-eastern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1100 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.Sungai Rokan
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Hydrology

The river sourced from the in the west, and drained north-east-ward along and with estuarine located near the port town of

Indragiri River
The Indragiri River is a river in Sumatra, in the Indonesian province of Riau, Indonesia, about 800 km northwest of the capital Jakarta. It is formed from the union of the Ombilin River and the Sinamar River, and empties into the Strait of Malacca. The middle part that flows in the Kuantan Singingi Regency is called Batang Kuantan (Kuantan River).''Maatschappij-Belangen'', 1875. Geography The river flows in the eastern area of Sumatra with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is February, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is August, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2757 mm. The wettest month is November, with an average of 345 mm rainfall, and the driest is January, with 107 mm rainfall. See also *List of rivers of Indonesia *List of rivers of Sumatra List of ri ...
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Jakarta
Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta is the largest city in Southeast Asia and serves as the diplomatic capital of ASEAN. The city is the economic, cultural, and political centre of Indonesia. It possesses a province-level status and has a population of 10,609,681 as of mid 2021.Badan Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2022. Although Jakarta extends over only , and thus has the smallest area of any Indonesian province, its metropolitan area covers , which includes the satellite cities Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, South Tangerang, and Bekasi, and has an estimated population of 35 million , making it the largest urban area in Indonesia and the second-largest in the world (after Tokyo). Jakarta ranks first among the Indonesian provinces in human development index. Jakarta's busin ...
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List Of Rivers Of Sumatra
List of rivers flowing in the island of Sumatra, Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017. In alphabetical order Mouth location North coast Northeast coast Northwest coast West coast East coast Southeast coast By Province Aceh Jambi Lampung North Sumatra Riau South Sumatra West Sumatra See also * List of rivers of Indonesia References Sources * W. van GelderDari Tanah Hindia berkoeliling boemi: kitab pengadjaran ilmoe boemi bagi sekola anak negeri di Hindia-Nederland J.B. Wolters, 1897.Original from National Library of the Netherlands (original from Leiden University Libraries). Digitized: Nov 5, 2017. Wetenschappelijke voordrachten gehouden te Amsterdam in 1883, ter gelegenheid der Koloniale Tentoonstelling Amsterdam (Netherlands). Koloniale Tentoonstelling, 1883. Uitgegeven door de Vijfde Afdeeling van het Tentoonstellings-bestuur, E. J. Brill, 1884. Cornell University. Dig ...
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List Of Rivers Of Indonesia
This is a list of rivers in Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017. By island This list is arranged by island in alphabetical order, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Ambon * Sikula Bali Buru * Waeapo Flores Java Kalimantan : ''Below are the rivers in the Indonesian territory of Borneo (Kalimantan)'' Papua Seram Sulawesi * ''Tamborasi River'' Sumatra Sumba Sumbawa West Timor West Timor ( id, Timor Barat) is an area covering the western part of the island of Timor, except for the district of Oecussi-Ambeno (an East Timorese exclave). Administratively, West Timor is part of East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The ca ... By province Notes and references Sources *Rand McNally, ''The New International Atlas'', 1993. GEOnet Names Server
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Tropical Rainforest Climate
A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical climate sub-type usually found within 10 to 15 degrees latitude of the equator. There are some other areas at higher latitudes, such as the coast of southeast Florida, USA, and Okinawa, Japan that fall into the tropical rainforest climate category. They experience high mean annual temperatures, small temperature ranges, and rain that falls throughout the year. Regions with this climate are typically designated ''Af'' by the Köppen climate classification. A tropical rainforest climate is typically hot, very humid, and wet. Description Tropical rain forests have a type of tropical climate in which there is no dry season—all months have an average precipitation value of at least . There are no distinct wet or dry seasons as rainfall is high throughout the months. One day in a tropical rainforest climate can be very similar to the next, while the change in temperature between day and night ...
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Kumu River
Kumu River is a river in Riau province, central-eastern Sumatra, Indonesia, about 1100 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.Sungai Kumu
at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27 It is a tributary of the .


Geography

The river flows in the central area of Sumatra with predominantly (designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average t ...
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Rokan Hilir Regency
Rokan Hilir ("Lower Rokan") is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Riau Province, on Sumatra island, Indonesia. It occupies the lower part of the catchment area of the Rokan River, and has an area of 8,851.59 km2. It had a population of 553,216 at the 2010 census and 637,161 at the 2020 census. The administrative centre of the Rokan Hilir Regency is located at Bagansiapiapi. History The regency was split off from Bengkalis Regency on 4 October 1999. Administrative districts As at 2010, the regency was divided into thirteen districts (''kecamatan''), but two additional districts (Kubu Babusalam and Pekaitan) were created by splitting of the Kubu and Bangko districts respectively; and more recently three more districts (Tanjung Medan, Bagan Sinembah Raya and Balai Jaya) were added by splitting of the Pujud and Bagan Sinembah districts respectively. The eighteen districts are listed below with their areas and populations at the 2010 census and the 2020 census.Badan Pusat Statistik, J ...
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Rokan Hulu Regency
Rokan Hulu is a regency (''kabupaten'') of Riau, Indonesia. It is located on the island of Sumatra. Rokan Hulu Regency was created as a result of the division of Kampar Regency, of which it was previously the western half. The new Regency was established on 12 October 1999 under Law No. 53 of 1999 and Law No. 11 of 2003 on changes to Law Decree No. 53 of 1999, which is reinforced by the Constitutional Court Decision No. 010 / PUU-1/2004, dated 26 August 2004. It mainly occupies the upper part of the catchment area of the Rokan River, and has an area of 7,588.13 km². It had 474,843 inhabitants at the 2010 Census and 561,385 at the 2020 Census, comprising 286,928 male and 274,457 female. The administrative centre of the regency is located at Pasir Pengaraian. Administrative districts The regency is divided into sixteen districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "d ...
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Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent islands such as the Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, Enggano, Riau Islands, Bangka Belitung and Krakatoa archipelago. Sumatra is an elongated landmass spanning a diagonal northwest–southeast axis. The Indian Ocean borders the northwest, west, and southwest coasts of Sumatra, with the island chain of Simeulue, Nias, Mentawai, and Enggano off the western coast. In the northeast, the narrow Strait of Malacca separates the island from the Malay Peninsula, which is an extension of the Eurasian continent. In the southeast, the narrow Sunda Strait, containing the Krakatoa Archipelago, separates Sumatra from Java. The northern tip of Sumatra is near the Andaman Islands, while off the southeastern coast lie the islands of Bangka and Belitung, Karim ...
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Isaak De Graaf
Isaak de Graaff (1668 – 5 September 1743) was a Dutch map maker. He was born in Amsterdam, the son of Abraham de Graaf and Susanna Pietersz Eppingh. His father was in the service of the Dutch East India Company from 1679 until his death in 1714, during which time he authored several standards texts of navigation. Thus Isaak grew up with a good grounding with the principles of navigation and cartography. In 1691, he received a commission to produce ah Atlas of Africa and Asia for the Dutch East India Company, which could then be used by their governing council when considering policy. After this was completed in 1705, he was appointed their official cartographer until his death in 1743. Isaac de Graaf married Sanderina de Brauw in Utrecht in 1708. They set up home on the Brouwersgracht in Amsterdam. de Graaf map discovered In 2015 following the discovery of the wreck of the '' Diemermeer '', further research revealed that one of de Graaf's maps was found in the National Library ...
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Bagansiapiapi
Bagansiapiapi or simply known as Bagan () is a city in Riau province on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. The city is the capital of Rokan Hilir Regency in the Riau Province and is located on the east coast of Sumatra, on the Rokan River delta across the strait west of Malacca and near Dumai. History The town was originally populated mainly by Chinese immigrantsDaniel Pauly, Purwito Martosubroto (1996) ''Baseline studies of biodiversity: the fish resources of western Indonesia''
The WorldFish Center Retrieved 2010, May 19
who arrived at the end of 18th and the beginning of 19th century. Initially eighteen Chinese nationals sailed to Bagansiapiapi aroun ...
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Rokan-kiri River
Rokan-kiri River is a river in Riau province, central part of Sumatra island, Indonesia, about 1,100 km northwest of the capital Jakarta.Sungai Rokan Kiri
at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27 It is a tributary of the .


Geography

The river flows in the central area of Sumatra, which has a predominantly (designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. T ...
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