Cikawalon River is an important river at
Dayeuhluhur,
Cilacap Regency
Cilacap Regency ( jv, ꦏꦨꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦕꦶꦭꦕꦥ꧀, also spelt: Chilachap, old spelling: Tjilatjap, Sundanese: ) is a regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Cilacap.
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Central Java in
Java Island
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Indonesia
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, about 220 km southeast of the capital
Jakarta.
Ci Kawolan
at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27 It is a tributary river of the Cibeet River.
Hydrology
Source of this river is at The Forbidden Forest of the Upper Cibeet River
The Forbidden Forest of The Upper Cibeet River is a sacred wooded area in an old tropical forest Dayeuhluhur, Cilacap, Dayeuhluhur, in the north Cilacap Regency of Central Java, Indonesia.
Key Keeper
Visitors must be accompanied by a Key Keeper, ...
, near Mount Pojoktiga, and the river flows into Cibeet River.
Tradition
Location Cikawalon river is at upper of north Cilacap Regency
Cilacap Regency ( jv, ꦏꦨꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦕꦶꦭꦕꦥ꧀, also spelt: Chilachap, old spelling: Tjilatjap, Sundanese: ) is a regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Cilacap.
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but this river never has pure water because of farming activities. The Cikawalon River is a unique river, because it has a lot of sacred places.
''Ngarumat Lembur'' ("caring for hometown"), at its fourth volume, was held in December 2012, took advantage of the moment of National Tree Planting Day every November to hold tree planting
Tree-planting is the process of transplanting tree seedlings, generally for forestry, land reclamation, or landscaping purpose. It differs from the transplantation of larger trees in arboriculture, and from the lower cost but slower and less re ...
. Tree planting since 2010 has been carried out in seven villages, namely Datar, Hanum, Panulisan Barat, Panulisan Timur, Bingkeng, Ciwalen, and Cijeruk, targeting critical lands in the Cikawalon River, Singaraja, Cidayeuh, Cibeet and Cijolang which crosses Dayeuhluhur.["Merawat Kampung ala Dayeuhluhur"]
Kompas.com. 23 Maret 2013.
Tourist attractions
" Curug Cimandaway" waterfall is a tourism place located on the Singaraja River which falls into the Cikawalon River. The road to the waterfall was repaired through the first volume of the ''Ngarumat Lembur'' program on March 16, 2010, so that the previous track was only stretched and could be entered by four-wheeled vehicles.[
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Geography
The river flows in the central area of Java with predominantly 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 southea ...
(designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).
See also
*List of rivers of Indonesia
This is a list of rivers in Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sul ...
*List of rivers of Java
List of rivers flowing in the island of Java, Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017.
In alphabetical order
Mouth location
The following list groups the rivers by the dir ...
References
{{Rivers of Java
Rivers of Central Java
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Rivers of Indonesia