List of rivers of Indonesia explained

This is a list of rivers in Indonesia.[1]

By island

This list is arranged by island in alphabetical order, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.

Ambon

Buru

The largest primary rivers on the island of Buru[2] [3]

River Mouthcoordinates Basin size(km²) Average dischargeLength(km)
(m3/s)(km3)
Ceram Sea
Wae Nibe-3.0637°N 126.6002°W438.514.140.446
Wae Bebek-3.0811°N 126.4052°W368.218.180.573
Banda Sea
Wae Apo-3.3269°N 127.072°W1,891.465.342.0680
Wae Mala-3.703°N 126.3524°W804.747.761.506
Wae Dalan-3.5968°N 126.171°W52929.860.942
Wae Pede-3.857°N 126.68°W451.324.630.777
Other4,121.9120.273.793
Buru8,605320.1810.097

Kalimantan

Below are the rivers in the Indonesian territory of Borneo (Kalimantan)

West Timor

Runoff by region

Region Area Runoff
km2%km3%
Bali and Tenggara72,890.973.8601.9
Java125,124.7866.61875.9
Kalimantan536,799.2628.21,00831.2
Papua and Maluku499,240.75426.298130.5
Sulawesi188,437.999.92477.6
Sumatra482,075.2425.373822.9
Indonesia1,904,569100.03,221100.0
[4]

Major rivers by Indonesia

River ! Island Length (km) ! Drainage area (km²) Average discharge (m3/s) ! Outflow - 1,143 94,456.9 6,260.1 - Sepik1,126 80,386.2 5,000 - 1,112 78,956.9 5,173.5 - 1,090 78,631.7 4,514 - Fly1,060 73,809.3 6,500 - 980 77,095.5 4,278 - 853 42,142.6 3,332.7 - 800 46,504 2,819 - 759 59,942 3,211.2 - 658 16,062.7 1,046.3 - 616 19,559 1,135.3 - 600 15,296 693 - 580.6 8,044.3 392 - 580 24,548 1,351.2 - 576 33,171.8 2,463.4 - 569.4 37,164 3,133 - 500 22,758 1,339 - 440 13,414 824.5 - 383 6,220 262.4 - 380 6,767.2 491.6 - 370 11,214 684 - 352 9,350 563.4 - 350 20,189 1,506 - 350 13,329 825.6 - 341 6,978.4 222.03 - 340.6 5,640.4 386.6 - 320 11,973 612 - Singkil 316 10,090 642 - 304.3 4,334.2 317.2 - 300.4 3 765.9 131 - 300 16,993 902.8 - 300 13,896 892.5 - 279 18,158 1,275.4 - 277 6,002 213.9 - 276.8 3,962.3 380 - 270 14,745 866.6 - 269 6,614 423 - 250 7,380 275.1 - 249 7,072 300 - 245 7,069 299.3 - 238.3 3,763.6 239.2 - 233.3 3,043.9 257.6 - 233 7,964.9 537.8 - 220 13,302 763 - 220 6,529 311 - 214.2 5,096 429.6 - 197 11,508 973.2 - 181 4,375 441.19 - 178 3,704 325 - 170 3,646 249.9 - Sebangau 167 4,303.4 193.3 - Omba 157.3 5,360 381.2 - Siriwo 150.9 4,013 330.8 - Sebyar 150 6,272.1 348 - 150 6,466.3 265.3 - 150 5,530.9 280.9 - Uta 147.3 4,170.3 328.4 - 147 7,225.5 291.2 - 136 9,711 476.8 - 135 6,477.7 393.4 - Karabra 132.6 3,986 290 - 132 3,158 46.5 - 122 3,085 132.8 - 120 4,600 264.9 - 100 2,673.4 119.9 - 96.3 2,875.6 166.5 - 90 2,694 103.5 - 87.2 3,660.1 287.3 - 87 1,230 55.5 - 85 1,476.5 104 - 80 1,891.4 65.3 - 68.5 300.84 11 Bali Sea
Source[5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Rainfall, runoff

River ! Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) ! (%) River ! Rainfall (mm) Runoff (mm) ! (%) - 3,163 1,911 60.4 - 2,950 1,271 43.1 3,578 2,406 67.2 - 2,587 1,153 44.6 2,002 804 40.2 - 2,579 1,809 70.1 2,991 1,854 62 - 3,000 1,810 60.4 3,248 1,502 46.3 - 2,801 1,938 69.1 4,466 2,475 55.4 - 3,183 1,912 60.1 2,800 1,689 60.3 - 2,100 1,429 68 3,835 2,475 64.6 - 1,760 464 26.4 Omba - 2,900 1,676 57.8 2,092 1,211 57.9 - 2,317 1,236 53.3 3,702 2,667 72 - 2,929 1,358 46.4 2,715 1,414 52.1 - 2,952 1,612 54.1 3,766 2,352 62.5 - 2,465 1,722 69.9 2,500 1,294 51.8 - 3,547 2,767 78 3,542 2,129 60.1 - 2,646 2,017 76.2 2,926 1,003 34.3 - 4,168 2,308 55.4 Sebangau - 3,732 2,494 66.8 Sebyar 3,744 1,750 46.7 - 3,970 2,659 67 4,020 1,900 47.3 - 4,588 2,704 60.5 3,390 2,116 62.4 - 2,757 1,856 67.3 3,176 1,338 42.1 - 2,760 1,915 69.4 3,897 3,180 81.6 - 3,400 2,054 60.4 3,118 1,953 62.7 - 4,176 2,221 53.2 4,020 2,215 55.1 - 2,667 1,757 65.9 2,673 1,924 72 - 3,744 2,162 57.7 Singkil - Karabra Siriwo 3,967 2,600 65.5 - 2,863 1,601 55.9 1,686 1,423 84.4 - 2,991 1,831 61.2 3,248 1,548 47.7 - 3,957 2,437 61.6 Uta - 2,778 2,026 72.9 - 1,951 932 47.8 2,550 1,160 45.5 - 3,534 2,659 75.2 - 2,500 1,335 53.4 3,744 2,004 53.5 - 3,666 2,339 63.8 - 2,495 1,138 45.6 - 4,238 2,875 67.8 Indonesia 2,702 1,691 62.6
[12] [13] [14] [15] [16]

Discharge

River Average discharge (m3/s)
Normal dry yearNormal wet yearMulti-annual
Kapuas5,6007,8036,260.1
Mamberamo4,1106,3585,173.5
Fly3,8708,0006,500
Sepik3,7007,0005,000
Barito3,7005,4974,514
Mahakam3,0005,9534,278
Digul2,7603,8673,332.7
Musi2,4823,9613,211.2
Eilanden2,0843,7833,133
Batang Hari1,4852,819
Kayan1,2542,463.4
Kampar1,0542,0631,351.2
Katingan7341,4141,135.3
Kahayan7061,178.41,046.3
Indragiri5911,339
Mentaya5141,064.4866.6
Bengawan Solo463962693
Brantas446612
Berau394902.8
Seruyan1,216825.6
Pawan1,215973.2
[17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

See also

Sources

Notes and References

  1. Map of Indonesia. Peta Indonesia. Wawasan Nusantara. CV. Indo Prima Sarana. Accessed 29 Juli 2017.
  2. Web site: Palau & East Indonesia.
  3. Radhika, Radhika . Firmansyah, Rendy . Hatmoko, Waluyo . 10.32679/jsda.v13i2.206. Jurnal Sumber Daya Air . 13. 2 . 115–130. Computation of surface water availability in Indonesia based on satellite data. Nov 2017. free.
  4. Book: Buku Tahunan Sda. 2011.
  5. Web site: Kalimantan-Borneo.
  6. Web site: Papua New Guinea.
  7. Web site: Sumatra.
  8. Web site: Grafik Neraca Air Pulau Papua. Rendy. Firmansyah.
  9. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 10.1002/2016JG003701. Riverine carbon fluxes to the South China Sea: Riverine carbon fluxes to the SCS. Ting-Hsuan. Huang. Chen-Tung. Arthur Chen. Hsiao-Chun. Tseng. Jiann-Yuh. Lou. Shu Lun. Wang. Liyang. Yang. Selvaraj. Kandasamy. Xuelu. Gao. Jough-Tai. Wang. Edvin. Aldrian. G.S.. Jacinto. Gusti Z.. Anshari. Penjai. Sompongchaiyakul. B.J.. Wang. May 2017. 135024272. 122. 5. 1239–1259 .
  10. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  11. Book: Catalogue of rivers for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, vol. VI. Chikamori. Hidetaka. Liu. Heng. Daniell. Trevor. 2012.
  12. Web site: Kalimantan-Borneo.
  13. Web site: Papua New Guinea.
  14. Web site: Sumatra.
  15. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  16. Book: Catalogue of rivers for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, vol. VI. Chikamori. Hidetaka. Liu. Heng. Daniell. Trevor. 2012.
  17. Web site: Kalimantan-Borneo.
  18. Web site: Papua New Guinea.
  19. Web site: Sumatra.
  20. Web site: Java-Timor-Sulawesi.
  21. Web site: Grafik Neraca Air Pulau Papua. Rendy. Firmansyah.
  22. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. 10.1002/2016JG003701. Riverine carbon fluxes to the South China Sea: Riverine carbon fluxes to the SCS. Ting-Hsuan. Huang. Chen-Tung. Arthur Chen. Hsiao-Chun. Tseng. Jiann-Yuh. Lou. Shu Lun. Wang. Liyang. Yang. Selvaraj. Kandasamy. Xuelu. Gao. Jough-Tai. Wang. Edvin. Aldrian. G.S.. Jacinto. Gusti Z.. Anshari. Penjai. Sompongchaiyakul. B.J.. Wang. May 2017. 135024272. 122. 5. 1239–1259 .
  23. Book: Catalogue of rivers for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, vol. VI. Chikamori. Hidetaka. Liu. Heng. Daniell. Trevor. 2012.

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