The Tuntang ( id, Kali Tuntang) is a major river of northern

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, about 400 km east of the capital

Jakarta Jakarta (; , bew, Jakarte), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta ( id, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta) is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Lying on the northwest coast of Java, the world's most populous island, Jakarta ...

.Kali Tuntang
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Lake Rawa Pening Rawa Pening (literally meaning 'Clear Swamp', from the Javanese ''Bening'') is a lake in the Ambarawa Basin in Central Java, Indonesia. It serves as a source of power, irrigation, and flood control, and is used for fishing. Due partly to high numb ...

to the

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, east of

Semarang Semarang ( jv, ꦏꦸꦛꦯꦼꦩꦫꦁ , Pegon: سماراڠ) is the capital and largest city of Central Java province in Indonesia. It was a major port during the Dutch colonial era, and is still an important regional center and port today. ...

. There is a hydroelectric powerstation on the river near the lake.

Geography

The river flows in the central 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 21 °C. The warmest month is September, when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3140 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 560 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 14 mm rainfall.

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Watershed area of Tuntang

List of river area systems in Central Java
{{coord, 7.265, S, 110.44944, E, display=title Rivers of Central Java Tuntang basin

Geography

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