The Ci Banten, or Ci Peteh, is a river in

Banten Banten ( id, Banten; Sundanese: , romanized ''Banten'') is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the Java Se ...

province on the island of

Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's List ...

, Indonesia. The rivers in

, 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

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, 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

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, which enters the sea at

Tanara Tanara is a district in the Banten province on the island of Java Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With ...

, the Manceuri, and the Sadane, which rises in the mountainous region of Priyangan and in 1682 formed the border between the

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(VOC) territory and

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(modern

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Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly

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(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.

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* {{Rivers of Java Rivers of Banten Rivers of Indonesia

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