The Manuk River (, means: ''Bird River'' in Sundanese) is a river in

West Java West Java ( id, Jawa Barat, su, ᮏᮝ ᮊᮥᮜᮧᮔ᮪, romanized ''Jawa Kulon'') is a province of Indonesia on the western part of the island of Java, with its provincial capital in Bandung. West Java is bordered by the province of Bante ...

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, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

, about 170 km east of the capital Jakarta.

Hydrology

The whole parts of this river is located within

province. The river runs from south to the north and drained to Java Sea near the town of

Indramayu Indramayu ( jv, ꦆꦤ꧀ꦢꦿꦩꦪꦸ; zh, 南麻由), named after the God Indra, is a town and district which serves as the capital of Indramayu Regency in the West Java province of Indonesia, and is located in the northern coastal area of We ...

. There are two river mouths: ''Cimanuk Lawas'' ("Old Cimanuk"; ) and ''Cimanuk Anyar'' ("New Cimanuk"; ). Floods caused by the overflow of the river Cimanuk, in this

Garut Regency Garut Regency is a Regency in the West Java province of Indonesia. It covers an area of 3,065.19 km2 (1,186.91 mi2). Geographically, it lies between 6°57′34″ – 7°44′57″ South latitude and 107°24′34&P ...

hit on 21 September 2016, which damage at least 7 districts. some people lost, injured and even lost hundreds of homes.Pengungsi akibat Banjir Bandang di Garut Mencapai 1.000 Orang
Kristian Erdianto. Kompas.com - 21 Sep 2016.

Geography

The river flows in the western area of Java with predominantly

tropical monsoon climate An area of tropical monsoon climate (occasionally known as a sub-equatorial, tropical wet climate or a tropical monsoon and trade-wind littoral climate) is a tropical climate sub-type that corresponds to the Köppen climate classification category ...

(designated as ''Am'' 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 February, at 21 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2465 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 461 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 6 mm rainfall.

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{{Rivers of Java Rivers of West Java Rivers of Indonesia

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