Baliung River Tjibaliung, Tji Baliung Ci Binuangeun | |
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Native name | Ci Baliung, Cibaliung ( Sundanese) |
Location | |
Country | Indonesia |
State | Banten |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Cijaku, Lebak Regency |
• coordinates | 6°41′02″S 106°07′12″E / 6.683980°S 106.120025°E |
2nd source | |
• location | Cibaliung, Pandeglang Regency |
• coordinates | 6°40′47″S 105°41′46″E / 6.679816°S 105.696192°E |
Mouth | Indian Ocean |
• location | Muarabinuangeun, Lebak Regency |
• coordinates | 6°50′31″S 105°52′48″E / 6.841866°S 105.879878°E |
Basin size | 544 km2 (210 sq mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
River system | Cibaliung basin [DAS210736] [1] |
River Basin Management Unit | BPDAS Citarum Ciliwung [1] |
The Baliung River is a river flowing in southern Java, within the Banten province, Indonesia. [2] The upstream starts in the southern mountains of Java; it flows southward into the Indian Ocean, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Jakarta. [3]
The watershed area ( Indonesian: Daerah Aliran Sungai) of the Baliung River belongs to the Cibaliung–Cisawarna River region (Indonesian: Wilayah Sungai), one of the four river region in Banten, and one of the two river areas under the authority of Banten province. [4] [5] There are 75 watershed areas in the Cibaliung–Cisawarna river region. [4]
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The river flows in the southwest area of Java with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification). [7] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is May, at 21 °C. [6] The average annual rainfall is 3842 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 497 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 89 mm of rainfall. [8]