COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De rivier Brandas TMnr 3728-1021

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Rivier de Brantas Java TMnr 10022610

The Brantas is the longest river in East Java, Indonesia. It has a length of 320 km, and drains an area over 11,000 km² from the southern slope of

Mount Kawi Mount Kawi or Gunung Kawi is a stratovolcano in East Java on Java island, Indonesia. It is a massive volcano, adjacent to Mount Butak. There is no historical record of its eruptions. See also * List of volcanoes in Indonesia The geog ...

-Kelud-Butak, Mount Wilis, and the northern slopes of Mount Liman-Limas, Mount Welirang, and Mount Anjasmoro. Its course is semi-circular or spiral in shape: at its source the river heads southeast, but gradually curves south, then southwest, then west, then north, and finally it flows generally eastward at the point where it branches off to become the Kalimas and

Porong River The Porong River is a river flowing through Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, about 700 km east of the capital Jakarta.Ka ...

History

COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Rivier de Brantas Surabaya Java TMnr 10018418

King Mpu Sindok moved his kingdom from Mataram Kingdom in

Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakarta in t ...

to a new location on this river at circa 950 A.D. Possibly (only one of a number of reasons given) due to a Mount Merapi volcanic eruption, he had to leave his kingdom to this new safe place near present city of

Madiun Madiun ( jv, ꦑꦸꦛꦩꦝꦶꦪꦸꦤ꧀, translit=Kutha Madhiun) is a landlocked city in the western part of East Java, Indonesia, known for its agricultural center. It was formerly (until 2010) the capital of the Madiun Regency, but is now adm ...

Cities and regencies on Brantas River

* Batu * Malang Regency *

Malang Malang (; ) is a landlocked List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, city in the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of East Java. It has a history dating back to the age of Singhasari, Singhasari Kingdom. It is the second most popul ...

* Blitar Regency * Blitar * Tulungagung Regency * Kediri Regency *

Kediri Kediri can refer to: * Kediri (historical kingdom), a medieval kingdom occupying territory in present-day Indonesia * Kediri (city), a modern-day city in East Java, Indonesia ** The Kediri meteorite of c. 1940, which fell in East Java, Indonesia ( ...

* Nganjuk Regency * Jombang Regency * Mojokerto Regency * Mojokerto

Geography

The river flows in the eastern area of Java with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as ''Am'' 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 June, at 24 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2982 mm. The wettest month is March, with an average of 496 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 28 mm rainfall.

References

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