Liman River

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Liman River
Ci Liman, Ciliman, Chiliman River, Tji Liman, Tjiliman, Tjitiman, Tjillman River
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Liman River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Province Banten
Physical characteristics
Sourcesouthern mountains of Banten
  locationCirinten, Lebak
Mouth Teluk Lada (Pepper bay), Sunda Strait
  location
Panimbang
Basin size503 km2 (194 sq mi)
Basin features
River system Ciliman basin

Liman river or Ci Liman is the name of a river located at the western tip of Java Island, Banten Province, Indonesia. [1] It originates from its headwaters in the southern mountains of Banten, around the Sareweh in the Lebak Regency, near the settlement of the Baduy Dalam tribe. It flows westward towards the coast in the Panimbang, region of Pandeglang and empties into Lada Bay, the Sunda Strait. It is approximately 73 km from the center of Cilegon city to the mouth of the river. [2] [3]

Contents

Ci Liman is the main stem in the Ciliman River basin system, which covers a n area of approximately 503 km2 (194 sq mi). [4]

Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). [5] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is August when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is December, at 23 °C. [6] The average annual rainfall is 3999 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 567 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 72 mm rainfall. [7]

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References

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  2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  3. "Peta Interaktif". WebGIS MenLHK (in Indonesian). Retrieved 9 October 2023.
  4. Hukum Online. "Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan No. SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011" (in Indonesian).
  5. Peel, M C; Finlayson, B L; McMahon, T A (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification". Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 11 (5): 1633–1644. Bibcode:2007HESS...11.1633P. doi: 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007 .
  6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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