The Ci Banten, or Ci Peteh, is a river in
Banten province on the island of
Java, Indonesia.
The rivers in
Banten, the westernmost province of Java, run roughly parallel to each other.
The main ones are the Peteh, called the Banten on the lower reaches near the city of
Kota Banten, the
Ujung, which enters the sea at
Pontang
Pontang is a district in the Banten province on the island of Java, Indonesia.
Location
The Ciujung, a river, enters the sea at Pontang.
The Ciujung discharges into the Banten Bay.
Historical
Pontang port and the Ciujung river used to be impor ...
, the
Durian
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, which enters the sea at
Tanara, the
Manceuri, and the
Sadane, which rises in the mountainous region of Priyangan and in 1682 formed the border between the
Dutch East India Company (VOC) territory and
Batavia (modern
Jakarta
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).
Geography
The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly
tropical rainforest climate (designated as ''Af'' in the
Köppen–Geiger climate classification).
The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C.
The average annual rainfall is 3471 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 429 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 116 mm rainfall.
See also
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List of rivers of Banten
This is a list of rivers flowing in the province of Banten, Indonesia.
In alphabetical order
Watershed area
In Banten Province there are four river regions (Indonesian: ''Wilayah Sungai''); two of them are under the authority of Banten P ...
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List of rivers of Indonesia
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List of rivers of Java
References
Sources
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{{Rivers of Java
Rivers of Banten
Rivers of Indonesia