The Kambaniru River (

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: ''Sungai Kambaniru'';

Sumba Sumba ( id, Pulau Sumba) is an island in eastern Indonesia. It is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands and is in the province of East Nusa Tenggara. Sumba has an area of , and the population was 779,049 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as a ...

name: ''Luku Kambaniru'') is a river in the island of

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, about 1,500 km east of the capital

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.Luku Kambaniru
at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27 With a length of approximately 118 km, it flows periodically through 9 districts in the

East Sumba Regency East Sumba Regency ( id, Kabupaten Sumba Timur) is geographically the largest of the four regencies which divide the island of Sumba, within East Nusa Tenggara Province of Indonesia. It occupies 64% (nearly two-thirds) of the entire island, being ...

, exiting to the Bay of Kambaniru (Indonesian: ''Teluk Kambaniru'') near the city of

Waingapu Waingapu is the largest town in the eastern half of the island of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is the capital town of the Regency of Sumba Timur. The town (a district of the regency) had a population of 35,932 inhabitants at the offici ...

to the

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, with high debit in the wet season, but very low in the dry season.Laporan Ringkasan Penyusunan Standart Operasional Pengendali Banjir (DAS Kambaniru & Melolo)
- PT. Multimera Harapan, November 2014.

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 Kambaniru covers an area of 111,000 hectare, comprising 34 villages and 8 administrative districts. The area suffers from heavy degradation, requiring massive rehabilitation. Although quite low in water during the dry season, the river floods the banks yearly during the wet season, due to the minimal flood control programs. The lack of bridges forces elementary school students of Bidipraing to cross the river width of 65 metres and the depth of 1.2 metres daily to go to school in the village of Kiritanah, Kambera. Kambaniru Dam was finished on 8 September 1992, located 10 km from the city of Waingapu, is the biggest dam in the regency, providing water to 1,440 hectares of rice fields in Mauliru, Kawangu and Kambaniru. The dam is located in the village of Malumbi, Kambera.Keindahan Bendungan Kambaniru – Sumba Timur
Micowendy - 20 October 2016.

Geography

The river flows along the northern area of Sumba 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 27 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 31 °C, and the coldest is June, at 24 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1203 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 257 mm rainfall, and the driest is August, with 2 mm rainfall.

Song

In 1963 Ms. Mathilda Taka (Mrs. Daniswan Anwar) composed a song about this river titled "Kambaniru" which was famous in the 1960s.Frans Wora Hebi. Nilai Puitis Di Balik Lagu Sungai Kambaniru
- 2 Agustus 2017. Referring to an older article in Pos Kupang "Dendang Kambaniru Nyaris Terlupakan" - 5 Juni 1996.

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Name and Length of Rivers in the Province of East Nusa Tenggara
{{Rivers of East Nusa Tenggara Rivers of Sumba Drainage basins of Sumba

Hydrology

Geography

Song

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