Lusi River

Lusi River is a river in northern Central Java, Indonesia, about 400 km east of the capital Jakarta.[1][2] It is a tributary of the Serang River, meeting after passing the city of Purwodadi.[3]

Lusi River
Kali Lusi, Sungai Lusi
Location of river mouth
Lusi River (Indonesia)
Location
CountryIndonesia
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationJava
MouthSerang River
 • location
Purwodadi
Length208.5 km (129.6 mi)
Basin size3,656.78 km2 (1,411.89 sq mi)

Hydrology

Lusi River is one of the longest in Central Java, with a length of 208.5 km and the basin size of 3656.78 km².[4]

Geography

The river flows in the central area of Java with 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 January, at 24 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2845 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 527 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 35 mm rainfall.[7]

See also

References
  1. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
  2. Kali Lusi at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. Sungai Lusi (Kali Lusi) Kumpulan Ensiklopedi Dunia.
  4. Studi Penanganan Sub DAS Lusi
  5. 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: 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

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