List of rivers flowing in the province of East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: Nusa Tenggara Timur), Indonesia. [1] [2] The province comprises the eastern part of the Lesser Sunda Islands. The main islands in the province are, from west to east: Flores, Sumba, Timor, Alor Archipelago, Barat Daya Islands, and Tanimbar Islands. [3]
This list is arranged by island in alphabetical order. The respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
East Nusa Tenggara is the southernmost province of Indonesia. It comprises the eastern portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, facing the Indian Ocean in the south and the Flores Sea in the north. It consists of more than 500 islands, with the largest ones being Sumba, Flores, and the western part of Timor; the latter shares a land border with the separate nation of East Timor. The province is subdivided into twenty-one regencies and the regency-level city of Kupang, which is the capital and largest city.
West Nusa Tenggara is a province of Indonesia. It comprises the western portion of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the exception of Bali which is its own province. Mataram, on Lombok, is the capital and largest city of the province. It shares maritime borders with Bali to the west and East Nusa Tenggara to the east. The 2010 census recorded the population at 4,500,212; the total rose to 4,830,118 at the 2015 Intermediate Census and 5,320,092 at the 2020 census; the official estimate as at mid 2022 was 5,473,671. The province's area is 20,153.15 km2. The two largest islands by far in the province are Lombok in the west and the larger Sumbawa island in the east.
Komodo is one of the 17,508 islands that comprise the Republic of Indonesia. It is particularly notable as the habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on Earth, which is named after the island. Komodo Island has a surface area of 291 square kilometres, and had a human population of about 1,800 in 2020.
The Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian (CEMP) languages form a proposed branch of the Malayo-Polynesian languages consisting of over 700 languages.
The Central Malayo-Polynesian languages (CMP) are a proposed branch in the Malayo-Polynesian subgroup of the Austronesian language family. The languages are spoken in the Lesser Sunda and Maluku Islands of the Banda Sea, in an area corresponding closely to the Indonesian provinces of East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku and the nation of East Timor, but with the Bima language extending to the eastern half of Sumbawa Island in the province of West Nusa Tenggara and the Sula languages of the Sula archipelago in the southwest corner of the province of North Maluku. The principal islands in this region are Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Timor, Buru, and Seram. The numerically most important languages are Bima, Manggarai of western Flores, Uab Meto of West Timor, and Tetum, the national language of East Timor.
Pamana Island is a small island off Rote Island in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province of Lesser Sunda Islands, and the southernmost point of Asia. It lies exactly on latitude 11°S. Administratively this island is part of Rote Ndao Regency. It borders the Ashmore and Cartier Islands to the south.
The Wera River is a river of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia, about 1500 km east of the capital Jakarta.
The Sissa River is a river of Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The 87-km river flows from a southwest to northeast direction, with the upstream at Mount Inielika north of Bajawa, Ngada Regency, and discharges into the Flores Sea near Mbay, Nagekeo Regency.
The Mina River is a river of Timor, in the province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, about 2000 km east of the capital Jakarta. Above this river also stretches the Noelmina Bridge which connects Kupang with the South Central Timor Regency.
The Benanain River is a river of western Timor, Indonesia. This river is the longest and the largest di the West Timor area, with a length of 132 km. The river is located in three regencies: Malaka, Timor Tengah Utara and Timor Tengah Selatan, province East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The upstream rises from Mount Mutis, flowing in the southeast direction until discharging to Timor Sea near Besikama.
The Kadumbul River is a river of Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
The Pono River is a river on the Indonesian part of the island of Timor, which is in the territory of the East Nusa Tenggara province, about 2000 km east of the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.
The Lesser Sunda Islands, also known as Nusa Tenggara Islands, are an archipelago in Maritime Southeast Asia, most of the Lesser Sunda Islands are located within the Wallacea region, except for the Bali province which is west of the Wallace Line and is within the Sunda Shelf. Together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west they make up the Sunda Islands. The islands are part of a volcanic arc, the Sunda Arc, formed by subduction along the Sunda Trench in the Java Sea. Slightly over 20 million people live on the islands. Etymologically, Nusa Tenggara means "Southeast Islands" from the words of nusa which means 'island' from Old Javanese language and tenggara means 'southeast'.
The Kambaniru River is a river in the island of Sumba, Indonesia, about 1,500 km east of the capital Jakarta. With a length of approximately 118 km, it flows periodically through 9 districts in the East Sumba Regency, exiting to the Bay of Kambaniru near the city of Waingapu to the Sawu Sea, with high debit in the wet season, but very low in the dry season.
The Wanokaka River is a river in Sumba island, Province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. It is located a few kilometers south of Waikabubak, with the District of Wanokaka (Wanukaka), east of the District of Lamboya.