Cikawalon River
| Cikawalon River Sungai Cikawalon, Ci Kawalon, Ci Kawolan, Tjikwalon | |
|---|---|
 Flowers at Cikawalon River | |
  Location of river mouth  Cikawalon River (Indonesia) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| Province | Central Java |
| Regency | Cilacap |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | Cibeet River |
• elevation | 190 m (620 ft) |
Cikawalon River is an important river at Dayeuhluhur, Cilacap Regency, Central Java in Java Island, Indonesia, about 220 km southeast of the capital Jakarta.[1] It is a tributary river of the Cibeet River.[2]
Hydrology
The source of this river is at The Forbidden Forest of the Upper Cibeet River, near Mount Pojoktiga, and the river flows into Cibeet River.
Tradition
Location Cikawalon river is at the upper of north Cilacap Regency but this river never has pure water because of farming activities. The Cikawalon River is a unique river, because it has a lot of sacred places.
Ngarumat Lembur ("caring for hometown"), at its fourth volume, was held in December 2012, took advantage of the moment of National Tree Planting Day every November to hold tree planting. Tree planting since 2010 has been carried out in seven villages, namely Datar, Hanum, Panulisan Barat, Panulisan Timur, Bingkeng, Ciwalen, and Cijeruk, targeting critical lands in the Cikawalon River, Singaraja, Cidayeuh, Cibeet and Cijolang which crosses Dayeuhluhur.[3]
Tourist attractions
"Curug Cimandaway" waterfall is a tourism place located on the Singaraja River which falls into the Cikawalon River. The road to the waterfall was repaired through the first volume of the Ngarumat Lembur program on March 16, 2010, so that the previous track was only stretched and could be entered by four-wheeled vehicles.[3]
Geography
The river flows in the central area of Java with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 21 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 22 °C, and the coldest is August, at 20 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3618 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 541 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 45 mm rainfall.[6]
See also
References
- ^ Ci Kawolan at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
- ^ "Visit picnic place Cibeet River in Cilacap Regency for tourist in holiday". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ a b "Merawat Kampung ala Dayeuhluhur". Kompas.com. 23 Maret 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 28 November 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2019.