The Serayu River is a river in

Central Java Central Java (, ) is a Provinces of Indonesia, 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 Yogya ...

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, about 300 km southeast of the capital

Jakarta Jakarta (; , Betawi language, Betawi: ''Jakartè''), officially the Special Capital Region of Jakarta (; ''DKI Jakarta'') and formerly known as Batavia, Dutch East Indies, Batavia until 1949, is the capital and largest city of Indonesia and ...

Hydrology

The river spanned from northeast to southwest with a length of around 181 km, and crossing five '' kabupaten'' (regency) in Central Java; they are Wonosobo Regency,

Banjarnegara Regency Banjarnegara () is an inland regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. The regency covers an area of 1,069.71 km2, and it had a population of 868,913 at the 2010 CensusBiro Pusat Statistik, Jakarta, 2011. and ...

Purbalingga Regency Purbalingga Regency ( Javanese: ꦥꦸꦂꦧꦭꦶꦁꦒ) is an inland regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Purbalingga Regency has an area of 805.76 km2 and a population of 848,952 at the 2010 censusBiro ...

Banyumas Regency Banyumas (, formerly spelled "Banjoemas") Regency is an inland regency () 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 administration and is split ov ...

, draining to

Indian Ocean The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth#Surface, Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia (continent), ...

with estuarine located at

Cilacap Regency Cilacap Regency (, also spelt: Chilachap, old spelling: Tjilatjap, Sundanese: ) is a regency () in the southwestern part of Central Java province in Indonesia. Its capital is the town of Cilacap, which had 263,098 inhabitants in mid 2024, sprea ...

. 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 a 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 subtype 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 of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 34 mm of rainfall.

Uses

Mrica Dam is a

hydroelectric Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is Electricity generation, electricity generated from hydropower (water power). Hydropower supplies 15% of the world's electricity, almost 4,210 TWh in 2023, which is more than all other Renewable energ ...

power 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 attractions 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