Asem River
| Ci Asem River Ci Asem, Sungai Ciasem, Ciasem, Tjiasem, Tji Asem | |
|---|---|
 Ciasem mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Indonesia |
| Province | West Java |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | MountTangkuban Perahu |
| • location | Cicadas, Subang regency |
| • coordinates | 6°44′56″S107°36′41″E/ 6.748750°S 107.611500°E |
| Mouth | Ciasem bay, (Java Sea) |
• location | Blanakan,Subang Regency |
• coordinates | 6°13′28″S107°41′45″E/ 6.224475°S 107.695886°E |
| Basin size | 745 km2(288 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Ciasem basin |
| Bridges | Pantura Ciasem bridge |
| Basin management unit | BPDAS Citarum Ciliwung[1] |
 map shows the river source (green pin) near Lembang flowing northward and emptying into Ciasem Bay (blue pin) in the Java Sea. | |
Asem River(Ci Asem) is a river in northernWest Javaprovince onJavaisland,Indonesia.[2]The river rises on MountTangkuban Perahuand discharges into the Bay of Ciasem,Java Sea,traversingCiasem,Subang Regency,around 90 km east of the capitalJakarta.[3]
Hydrology
[edit]Asem River is one of the three main rivers in theSubang Regency.[4]There are a total of 21 rivers and 61 tributaries in the watershed area of (Daerah Aliran Sungai/DAS) Ciasem of 745 km2.Compared to the other two main rivers - Ci Punegara and Ci Lamaya - Asem River and its many tributaries all flow only within the Subang Regency. The river has a total length of 60 kilometer until the northern coast.[4]
Geography
[edit]The river flows in the northwest area of Java with a predominantlytropical monsoon climate(designated asAmin the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5]The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is September when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is July, at 24 °C.[6]The average annual rainfall is 2810 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 454 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 14 mm of rainfall.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ab"Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan Nomor SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011 Tahun 2011 - Pusat Data Hukumonline".
- ^Ci Asemat Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^Rand McNally,The New International Atlas,1993.
- ^abSering Menelan Korban Jiwa, Inilah Catatan Kelam Sungai Ciasem yang Misterius dan Melegenda- Soeara Rakjat. December 17, 2016.
- ^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.Retrieved30 January2016.
- ^"NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index".NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 11 May 2020.Retrieved31 December2018.
- ^"NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)".NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2019.Retrieved31 December2018.