The Brang Biji River (

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: ''Sungai Brang Biji''; in Sumbawarese, "''Brang''" means "river") is a river in the island of

Sumbawa Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. Along with Lombok, it forms the province of West Nusa Tenggara, but there ...

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, about 1,200 km east of the capital

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.Brang Biji
at Geonames.org (cc-by); Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27 It is also known as Brang Sumbawa.
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Hydrology

The

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

of the Brang Biji covers an area of 225 km². The main river has a length of 33.20 km, with an upstream inclination of 17.14%, and the middle part inclination of 5.15%. It flows from south to north, passing Batu Lanteh at upriver and the city of

Sumbawa Besar Sumbawa Besar is a town on the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, and is the second-biggest settlement on the island after Bima. It is the administrative capital of the Sumbawa Regency within the province of West Nusa Tenggara, and has a population of ...

at downriver, into the

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.Fredy Benedictus Da Costa Rao, Saifoe El Unas, Pudyono. Studi Kelayakan Investasi Pembangunan Bendungan Krekeh Kabupaten Sumbawa Berdasarkan Aspek Ekonomi
- Jurnal Mahasiswa Teknik Sipil Fakultas Teknik Universitas Brawijaya - Vol 1, No 3 (2015). For years, the Brang Biji River suffers from rapid sedimentation, which reduces its water capacity, and decreasing width due to uncontrolled house building along the river banks. These factors contribute to annual flood, submerging houses along the banks in the districts of Bugis, Brang Bara, Pekat, Samapuin, Lempeh and Brang Biji, as happened in February 2017. The Brang Biji River is also heavily polluted by high concentrations of ''E-coli'' and

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, reaching unsafe levels for people to use for drinking or washing. The pollution is attributed to the unhygienic lifestyle of the community, such as throwing thrash and using the river as a restroom.Perilaku Hidup Bersih Masih Rendah, Sungai-sungai Besar di NTB Tercemar Tinja
- Global FM - 16 Desember 2015.

Geography

The river flows along the northwestern area of Sumbawa with predominantly

tropical savanna climate Tropical savanna climate or tropical wet and dry climate is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification categories ''Aw'' (for a dry winter) and ''As'' (for a dry summer). The driest month has less than of p ...

(designated as ''As'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 30 °C, and the coldest is February, at 24 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1539 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 321 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 3 mm rainfall.

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{{Rivers of Sumbawa Rivers of Sumbawa Rivers of West Nusa Tenggara Drainage basins of Sumbawa

Hydrology

Geography

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