The Serayu River is a river in

Central Java Central Java ( id, Jawa Tengah) is a province of Indonesia, located in the middle of the island of Java. Its administrative capital is Semarang. It is bordered by West Java in the west, the Indian Ocean and the Special Region of Yogyakart ...

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, about 300 km southeast of the capital

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Hydrology

The river spanned from northeast to southwest with length around 181 km, and crossring five ''

kabupaten A regency ( id, kabupaten), sometimes incorrectly referred to as a district, is an administrative division of Indonesia, directly under a province and on the same level with city (''kota''). Regencies is divided into districts (''Kecamatan'', '' ...

'' (regency) in Central Java; they are

Wonosobo Regency Wonosobo Regency ( jv, ꦑꦧꦸꦥꦠꦺꦤ꧀ꦮꦤꦱꦧ, Kabupatèn Wanasaba) is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Wonosobo, located at , about 120 km from Semarang. The regenc ...

Banjarnegara Regency Banjarnegara ( jv, ꦧꦚ꧀ꦗꦂꦤꦼꦒꦫ) is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,069.73 km2, and it had a population of 868,913 at the 2010 Census an ...

, Purbalingga Regency,

Banyumas Regency Banyumas ( jv, ꦧꦚꦸꦩꦱ꧀, formerly spelt "Banjoemas") Regency is a regency ( id, kabupaten) in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Purwokerto, but that town no longer has a central ad ...

, draining to

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by ...

with estuarine located at Cilacap Regency. 2009
Karakteristik daerah aliran sungai (DAS) Serayu Provinsi Jawa Tengah berdasarkan kondisi fisik, sosial, serta ekonomi.
Dept. Geografi FMIPA Universitas Indonesia. (paper tidak diterbitkan)

Geography

The river flows in the southern 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 24 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is August, at 23 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3897 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 561 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 34 mm rainfall.

Uses

Mrica Dam is a

hydroelectric 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 an ...

powerplant dam installed in the Serayu River.Tempo.co
''Usia Waduk Mrica Diperkirakan Tinggal 12 Tahun''.
Diakses 5/XII/2014.Dinas Budpar Banjarnegara
''Wisata Waduk Mrica''.
Diakses 5/XII/2014. Water rafting is one of the tourist attraction in the villages of Tunggara and Prigi, in

.Kab. Banjarnegara
''Arung Jeram Kaliserayu''.
Diakses 5/XII/2014.

Gallery

Serayu River, Central Java.jpg, Serayu river COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Aanleg van de spoorweg langs de Kali Serayu TMnr 60052257.jpg, Railroad construction by the Serayu near Kebasen, Banyumas COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een luchtfoto van de spoorbrug over de rivier Serajoe Midden-Java TMnr 10007525.jpg, Railroad bridge across Serayu near Kebasen COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM De Rawalo-brug bij Bandjoemas Midden-Java TMnr 10007580.jpg, Bridge at Rawalo, Banyumas COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Een brug over de rivier Serajoe bij Maos in de residentie Banjoemas Midden-Java TMnr 10007553.jpg, Bridge near Maos, Cilacap (before 1917) COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Mensen op de brug over de Serajoe-rivier te Banjoemas Midden-Java TMnr 60004502.jpg, Bridge built in 1890 Serayu River, Central Java, Indonesia.jpg, Serayu river

References

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Hydrology

Geography

Uses

Gallery

See also

References