Manuk River
| Ci Manuk Sungai Cimanuk, Cimanuk, Tji Manuk, Tji Manoek, Tjimanuk, Tjimanoek | |
|---|---|
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| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Java |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Garut Regency, West Java |
| Mouth | |
• location | Indramayu Regency, West Java |
| Length | 180 km (110 mi) |
| Basin size | 3,584 km2 (1,384 mi2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Near mouth |
| • average | 250 m3/s (8,800 cu ft/s) |
The Manuk River (Indonesian: Ci Manuk, means: Bird River in Sundanese) is a river in West Java, Indonesia, about 170 km east of the capital Jakarta.[1][2]
Hydrology
[edit | edit source]Bridge over Ci Manuk near Kadipaten, Majalengka. Before 1940. The whole part of this river is located within West Java province. The river runs from south to north and drains to the Java Sea near the town of Indramayu. There are two river mouths: Cimanuk Lawas ("Old Cimanuk"; Lua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).) and Cimanuk Anyar ("New Cimanuk"; Lua error: callParserFunction: function "#coordinates" was not found.).[3]
Floods caused by the overflow of the river Cimanuk, in this Garut Regency hit on 21 September 2016, which damaged at least 7 districts. This resulted in the loss of life, injuries, and property damage.[4]
Geography
[edit | edit source]The river flows in the western area of Java with a predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 21 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2465 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 461 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 6 mm of rainfall.[7]
See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
- ^ Ci Manuk at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ Cimanuk Lawas - OpenStreetMap.org. Cimanuk Anyar is to the left, flowing to the northwest direction.
- ^ Pengungsi akibat Banjir Bandang di Garut Mencapai 1.000 Orang Kristian Erdianto. Kompas.com - 21 Sep 2016.
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