| Batang Hari River Batang Hari, Sungai Batanghari, Djambi-rivier | |
|---|---|
 The Batang Hari photographed during the 1877–79 Sumatra Expedition | |
  Location of river mouth  Batang Hari River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | West Sumatra, Jambi |
| Regency | Solok Regency, South Solok Regency, Dharmasraya Regency, Bungo Regency, Tebo Regency, Batang Hari Regency, Muaro Jambi Regency, East Tanjung Jabung Regency, Jambi City |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Rasan |
| • location | Solok Regency, West Sumatra |
| Mouth | Malacca Strait |
• location | East Tanjung Jabung Regency, Jambi |
| Length | 800 km (500 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 44,890 km2 (17,330 sq mi)[2] 46,504 km2 (17,955 sq mi)[1] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Batang Hari Delta, Malacca Strait |
| • average | (Period of data: 1992–2016)2,556 m3/s (90,300 cu ft/s)[2]
(Period of data: 2016–2020)2,819 m3/s (99,600 cu ft/s)[3] 2,643 m3/s (93,300 cu ft/s)[1] |
The Batang Hari (Indonesian: Sungai Batanghari) is the longest river in Sumatra island,[4] Indonesia, about 600 kilometres (370 mi) northwest of the capital Jakarta.[5]
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Hydrology
The river originates in the Minangkabau Highlands, home of the Minangkabau people, and flows to the east coast of Sumatra. Trans-Sumatran Highway (AH25) crosses the river at the city of Jambi which is located near the mouth of the river. The Batang Hari is used by the local population for fishing, transportation, mining, and personal hygiene.[6]
Geography
The river flows in the central area of Sumatra with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification).[7] The annual average temperature in the area is 23 °C (73 °F). The warmest month is April, when the average temperature is around 24 °C (75 °F), and the coldest is January, at 22 °C (72 °F).[8] The average annual rainfall is 2383–3183 mm.[9] The wettest month is December, with an average of 344 mm (13.5 in) rainfall, and the driest is August, with 90 mm rainfall.[10]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Müller-Dum, Denise; Warneke, Thorsten; Rixen, Tim; Müller, Moritz; Baum, Antje; Christodoulou, Aliki; Oakes, Joanne; Eyre, Bradley D.; Notholt, Justus (2019). "Impact of peatlands on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the Rajang River and Estuary, Malaysia". Biogeosciences. 16 (1): 17–32. Bibcode:2019BGeo...16...17M. doi:10.5194/bg-16-17-2019. S2CID 203167471.
- ^ "Floating marine debris along Indonesian coasts" (PDF).
- ^ "Reviving Batanghari's heyday". thejakartapost.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
- ^ Sungai Batang Hari at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ "Uses of the Batanghari River". Sumatran Feet. 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2018-04-23.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "LAKIP 2015". Retrieved 2022-10-12.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
External links
Media related to Batang Hari River at Wikimedia Commons
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