Tuntang River Explained

Tuntang River
Name Other:Sungai Tuntang, Kali Tuntang
Map Size:285
Pushpin Map:Indonesia Java#Indonesia
Pushpin Map Size:285
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of river mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Indonesia
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Central Java
Subdivision Type3:Regency
Source1:Lake Rawa Pening
Source1 Coordinates:-7.2649°N 110.4495°W
Mouth:Java Sea
Mouth Coordinates:-6.8352°N 110.5241°W

The Tuntang (Indonesian: Kali Tuntang) is a major river of northern Central Java, Indonesia, about 400 km east of the capital Jakarta.[1] It connects Lake Rawa Pening to the Java Sea, east of Semarang.[2] There is a hydroelectric power station on the river near the lake.

Geography

The river flows in the central area of Java with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[3] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is September when the average temperature is around 24 °C, and the coldest is June, at 20 °C.[4] The average annual rainfall is 3140 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 560 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 14 mm of rainfall.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.geonames.org/6257772/kali%20tuntang.html Kali Tuntang
  2. Book: Goltenboth. Friedhelm. Timotius. Kris H.. Milan. Paciencia P.. Margraf, Josef . Ecology of Insular Southeast Asia: The Indonesian Archipelago. 14 January 2013. 7 December 2006. Elsevier. 978-0-08-046797-9. 140.
  3. Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification. 2007. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11. 1633–1644 . . 30 January 2016. 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. M C. B L. T A. Peel. Finlayson. McMahon. 5. free.
  4. Web site: NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index. 30 January 2016 . NASA.
  5. Web site: NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM). 30 January 2016 . NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission.