The Merangin River is a river in

Jambi Jambi is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the east coast of central Sumatra and spans to the Barisan Mountains in the west. Its capital and largest city is Jambi. The province has a land area of 50,160.05 km2, and a sea area of 3, ...

province,

Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...

island,

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 600 km northwest of the capital

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. It is a tributary of the

Batang Hari River The Batang Hari (Indonesian: ''Sungai Batanghari'') is the longest river in Jambi province, Sumatra island, Indonesia, about northwest of the capital Jakarta. Hydrology The river originates in the Minangkabau Highlands, home of the Minangkaba ...

, through Tembesi River.

Geography

The river flows in the central area of Sumatra 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). The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is May, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is December, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3509 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 477 mm rainfall, and the driest is June, with 115 mm rainfall.

Uses

Hydroelectric Power Plant Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies one sixth of the world's electricity, almost 4500 TWh in 2020, which is more than all other renewable sources combined and ...

Merangin is built with a capacity of 4 x 87.5 MW (Megawatt). Energy produced per year is 1,280 Giga Watt hour (GWh). The plant operates commercially (COD) in 2025 to supply electricity to the Central South Section system which is regulated by the PLN Sumatra Load Control Center.PLN Teken Perjanjian Jual Beli Tenaga Listrik PLTA Merangin 350 MW
Mohammad Faizal. SINDOnews. 15 November 2018

References

{{Rivers of Sumatra Rivers of Jambi Rivers of Indonesia

Geography

Uses

See also

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