Misplaced Pages

Tabalong River

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
River in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo)

Tabalong River
Batang Tabalon, Batang Tabalong, Sungai Tabalon
Tabalong River is located in KalimantanTabalong RiverRiver mouth location in Kalimantan
Physical characteristics
Sourceconfluence of the Left Tabalong River and Right Tabalong River
 • locationTabalong Regency
MouthNegara River
 • locationAmuntai
Length45 km (28 mi)
Width 
 • average80 m (260 ft)
Depth 
 • average3.5 m (11 ft)
Basin features
River systemTabalong
Tributaries 
 • leftBentot River; Anyar River

The Tabalong River (Indonesian: Sungai Tabalong; Banjar: Batang Tabalong) is a river traversing Tabalong Regency, in the province of South Kalimantan, Indonesia. The river flows into the Negara River. It is a confluence of two tributaries: the Left Tabalong and Right Tabalong rivers.

The river has a length of 45 km, width of 80 meter and average depth of 3.5 meter.

Geography

Tabalong River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D
    310     25 20     344     27 22     377     27 22     282     26 22     236     26 22     193     29 22     153     27 21     122     28 22     101     30 20     136     30 20     337     27 21     392     26 21
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °C
█ Precipitation totals in mm
Source:
Imperial conversion
JFMAMJJASOND
    12     77 68     14     81 72     15     81 72     11     79 72     9.3     79 72     7.6     84 72     6     81 70     4.8     82 72     4     86 68     5.4     86 68     13     81 70     15     79 70
█ Average max. and min. temperatures in °F
█ Precipitation totals in inches

The river flows in the southeast area of Borneo island with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification). The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is June, when the average temperature is around 26 °C, and the coldest is January, at 22 °C. The average annual rainfall is 2982 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 392 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 101 mm rainfall.

Use

The Tabalong River provides a large swamp land, which can be used to grow rice during the dry season. However, during the wet season, the discharge of the river and its tributaries increases so high, that it often threatened the harvest and caused flooding in the nearby villages. Therefore, the local government builds flood gates to control the flow and prevent floods.

The abundance of water during the wet season is actually useful to fill up the pools for fishery.

See also

References

  1. Sungai Tabalon at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
  2. Sungai Tabalong: Indonesia. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA
  3. (in Indonesian)Pilih sungai? Pilih jalan raya?. Yusni Anani. 21 Agustus 2009
  4. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
  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 (5): 1633–1644. doi:10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007.
  6. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
  7. (in Indonesian)Debit Sungai Meningkat, BPBD Tabalong Lakukan Pemantauan di Lokasi-lokasi ini. Tribun News – Hulu Sungai Utara. Penulis: Dony Usman, Editor: Didik Trio. 2 Maret 2018.
  8. (in Indonesian)Air Sungai Tabalong di Desa Solan Tiba-tiba Meluap, Warga Panik, Beberapa Rumah Alami Kerusakan. Tribun News banjarmasinpost.co.id – Tabalong. Penulis: Dony Usman, Editor: Elpianur Achmad. 28 November 2018.
  9. (in Indonesian)Sawah Sering Kebanjiran, HSU Bangun Pintu Air di Tabalong Mati. Tribun News – Hulu Sungai Utara. Penulis: Reni Kurnia Wati, Editor: Didik Trio. 22 Juli 2018.
  10. (in Indonesian)Musim Hujan, Jadi Momen Warga Haur Gading Kembangkan Bibit Ikan. Tribun News – Hulu Sungai Utara. Penulis: Reni Kurnia Wati, Editor: Didik Trio. 19 November 2018

2°25′14″S 115°15′47″E / 2.4205°S 115.2631°E / -2.4205; 115.2631

Rivers of Kalimantan
Rivers of Central Kalimantan
Rivers of East Kalimantan
Rivers of North Kalimantan
Rivers of South Kalimantan
Rivers of West Kalimantan
Rivers of Indonesia
Categories: