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Sapalewa River, also Sapolewa, is a river of
Seram Island Seram (formerly spelled Ceram; also Seran or Serang) is the largest and main island of Maluku province of Indonesia, despite Ambon Island's historical importance. It is located just north of the smaller Ambon Island and a few other adjacent is ...
, Maluku province,
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, about 2400 km northeast of the capital
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.


History

According to the Central Maluku legend, the three rivers:
Eti River The Eti River is a river of Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.Wae Eti ...
,
Tala River The Tala River is a river of western Seram Island, Maluku province, Indonesia, about 2400 km northeast of the capital Jakarta.sacred lake Sacred waters are sacred natural sites characterized by tangible topographical land formations such as rivers, lakes, springs, reservoirs, and oceans, as opposed to holy water which is water elevated with the sacramental blessing of a cleric. T ...
on the mountain peak called "Nunusaku". There grows a ficus tree with three big roots, each stretching in the direction of the abovementioned rivers, and this is the origin of the native people of the island of Seram, the so-called "Alifuru" people, who later inhabited the surrounding islands. The three rivers are known in local language as ''Kwele Batai Telu'' or ''Kwalai Batai Telu'' ("three stream branches"; Indonesian: "Tiga Ruas Sungai") watering the island of Seram (''Nusa Ina'').Eti, Tala dan Sapalewa (Legenda dari SBB, Maluku)
Molluca Times. April 2016. "Nunusaku" (which was a lost great kingdom according to legends) is a term consisting of two words: "nunu" or "nunue" ( ficus tree), and "saku" (truth). This place is located in the area of Manusa-Manue and considered impassable by humans. Alune and Wemale people live in the watershed areas of the three rivers: Alune people inhabit the whole area of Eti river, mountainous area of Tala river and most of the coastal area of Sapalewa river, whereas Wemale people occupy the area east of Tala and Sapalewa rivers.


Hydrology

It flows through
Taniwel Taniwel is a village and ''kecamatan The term ''district'', in the context of Indonesia, refers to the third-level administrative subdivision, below regency or city. The local term ' is used in the majority of Indonesian areas, except in Papua, ...
District, and enters the sea on the northern coast, just north of the village of Opin. One of its tributaries is the Porola (meaning yellow), a stream which flows down from Mount Mai. The river between the villages of Taniwell and Buria, underground through the mountains of Hatu Toi Siwa. The Sapalewa Underground river currently explored for about 3.7 kilometers is one of the largest underground rivers of the planet.


Geography

The river flows in the western area of Seram island 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 September, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3118 mm. The wettest month is July, with an average of 442 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 112 mm rainfall.


See also

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List of rivers of Indonesia This is a list of rivers in Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017. By island This list is arranged by island in alphabetical order, with respective tributaries indented un ...
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List of rivers of Maluku (province) List of rivers flowing in the province of Maluku (province), Maluku, Indonesia: In alphabetical order By Island Ambon Island, Ambon * Sikula River, Sikula Buru *Waeapo River, Waeapo Seram Island, Seram *Eti River, Eti *Kawa River, Kawa *Mas ...


References

{{Rivers of Maluku (province) Rivers of Seram Island Subterranean rivers Rivers of Indonesia