Baliung River

The Baliung River is a river flowing in southern Java, within the Banten province, Indonesia.^[2] The upstream starts in the southern mountains of Java; it flows southward into the Indian Ocean, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) southwest of Jakarta.^[3]

Baliung River Tjibaliung, Tji Baliung Ci Binuangeun
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Native name	Ci Baliung, Cibaliung (Sundanese)
Location
Country	Indonesia
State	Banten
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Cijaku, Lebak Regency
• coordinates	6.683980°S 106.120025°E / -6.683980; 106.120025
2nd source
• location	Cibaliung, Pandeglang Regency
• coordinates	6.679816°S 105.696192°E / -6.679816; 105.696192
Mouth	Indian Ocean
• location	Muarabinuangeun, Lebak Regency
• coordinates	6.841866°S 105.879878°E / -6.841866; 105.879878
Basin size	544 km2 (210 sq mi)[1]
Basin features
River system	Cibaliung basin [DAS210736][1]
River Basin Management Unit	BPDAS Citarum Ciliwung[1]

Hydrology

The watershed area (Indonesian: Daerah Aliran Sungai) of the Baliung River belongs to the Cibaliung–Cisawarna River region (Indonesian: Wilayah Sungai), one of the four river region in Banten, and one of the two river areas under the authority of Banten province.^[4][5] There are 75 watershed areas in the Cibaliung–Cisawarna river region.^[4]

Geography

Ci Baliung
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     345     22 18     407     23 17     338     23 17     443     24 18     333     22 18     180     22 18     260     23 17     167     24 17     89     24 17     290     25 18     492     22 19     497     22 18 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C █ Precipitation totals in mm Source: [6]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     14     72 64     16     73 63     13     73 63     17     75 64     13     72 64     7.1     72 64     10     73 63     6.6     75 63     3.5     75 63     11     77 64     19     72 66     20     72 64 █ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F █ Precipitation totals in inches

The river flows in the southwest area of Java 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. The warmest month is March, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is May, at 21 °C.^[6] The average annual rainfall is 3842 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 497 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 89 mm of rainfall.^[8]

See also

• Cihara River
• List of drainage basins of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Banten
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Java