The Ci Banten, or Ci Peteh, is a river in
Banten
Banten ( id, Banten; Sundanese: , romanized ''Banten'') is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the Java ...
province on the island of
Java
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's mo ...
, Indonesia.
The rivers in
Banten
Banten ( id, Banten; Sundanese: , romanized ''Banten'') is the westernmost province on the island of Java, Indonesia. Its capital city is Serang. The province borders West Java and the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on the east, the Java ...
, the westernmost province of Java, run roughly parallel to each other.
The main ones are the Peteh, called the Banten on the lower reaches near the city of
Kota Banten, the
Ujung, which enters the sea at
Pontang
Pontang is a district in the Banten province on the island of Java, Indonesia.
Location
The Ciujung, a river, enters the sea at Pontang.
The Ciujung discharges into the Banten Bay.
Historical
Pontang port and the Ciujung river used to be impor ...
, the
Durian
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, which enters the sea at
Tanara
Tanara is a district in the Banten province on the island of Java, Indonesia.
The Ci Durian, a river, enters the Java Sea
The Java Sea ( id, Laut Jawa, jv, Segara Jawa) is an extensive shallow sea on the Sunda Shelf, between the Indonesian ...
, the
Manceuri, and the
Sadane, which rises in the mountainous region of Priyangan and in 1682 formed the border between the
Dutch East India Company
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(VOC) territory and
Batavia (modern
Jakarta).
Geography
The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly
tropical rainforest climate
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(designated as ''Af'' in the
Köppen–Geiger climate classification).
The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C.
The average annual rainfall is 3471 mm. The wettest month is February, with an average of 429 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 116 mm rainfall.
See also
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List of rivers of Banten
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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 Java
List of rivers flowing in the island of Java, Indonesia.''Map of Indonesia''. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017.
In alphabetical order
Mouth location
The following list groups the rivers by the dir ...
References
Sources
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{{Rivers of Java
Rivers of Banten
Rivers of Indonesia