Madiun River

River in Indonesia

Madiun River

Kali Bengawan Madioen, Kali Madioen

Location of the mouth

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Madiun River (Indonesia)

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Native name|

* Bengawan Madiun (Indonesian)
* Kali Madiun (Indonesian)

Location
Country| Indonesia
State| Jawa Timur
City| Madiun
Physical characteristics
Source confluence| Some tributaries
• location| Ponorogo
Mouth| Solo River

• location

| Ngawi (town)

• coordinates

| 7°23′17″S 111°27′28″E﻿ / ﻿7.38796°S 111.45765°E﻿ / -7.38796; 111.45765

The Madiun River (Indonesian: Bengawan Madiun or Kali Madiun) is a river in East Java, Indonesia, about 500 km to the east of the capital Jakarta.[1] It is the largest tributary of the Solo River.[2] Its name indicates that it passes through the major city of Madiun, East Java, Indonesia.[3] This river starts as several smaller tributaries converging near the city of Ponorogo, in particular the Kali Slahung, Kali Keyang, and Kali Sungkur.[4] It eventually converges with the Solo River near the city of Ngawi.[5]

## Historical note

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In 1825, the Dutch East Indies soldiers built a fortress near the convergence of the Madiun and Solo rivers, to fight a local rebellion led by Diponegoro. The fortress was named Fort Van Den Bosch;[2] known locally as Benteng Pendem Ngawi.[6]

## Geography

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The river flows entirely within the Province of East Java, passing through Ponorogo Regency, Madiun Regency, City of Madiun, Magetan Regency, and Ngawi Regency, with a savanna climate.[7] The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 30 °C, and the coldest is January, at 24 °C.[8] The wettest month is March, with an average of 546 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 21 mm of rainfall.[9]

For ages, the Madiun River has notoriously caused flooding during the rainy season.[10] Every year the seasonal deluge submerges many fields and houses along the river banks, including some districts in Ponorogo Regency in the upper reaches[4] and in the Ngawi Regency in the lower reaches.[11][12][13] The high debit of water overflows to the Solo River, adding to the regular flooding in Bojonegoro Regency.[14] During the dry season, the river becomes a tourist place for fishing or a place to mine sands for local people.[15]

## Tourism

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* Wana Wisata Grape at the Catur river (Grape river).[16]

## See also

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* List of drainage basins of Indonesia
* List of rivers of Indonesia
* List of rivers of Java

## References

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1. ^ Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
2. ^ a b Kali Madiun at Geonames.org (cc-by); Mail updated 2012-01-17; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
3. ^ Kali Madiun: Indonesia \- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Bethesda, MD, USA.
4. ^ a b Tamtomo, Muslimin (2014) Spatial Planning for Flood Management in Ponorogo Retention Area. Graduate School Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta.
5. ^ Prawirodiharjo, S (1987). Alam Sekitar Lingkungan Hidup Manusia. PT Balai Pustaka (Persero). p. 13.
6. ^ Ekspedisi bengawan Solo: laporan jurnalistik Kompas : kehancuran peradaban sungai besar (in Indonesian). Penerbit Buku Kompas. 2008. ISBN 9789797093907. p. 45
7. ^ 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-11-1633-2007.1633-1644&rft.date=2007&rft_id=info:doi/10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007&rft.aulast=Peel&rft.aufirst=M+C&rft.au=Finlayson,+B+L&rft.au=McMahon,+T+A&rft_id=http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Madiun+River" class="Z3988">
8. ^ "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
9. ^ "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.
10. ^ Junghuhn, Franz Wilhelm; Hasskarl, Justus Karl (1854). Java, seine Gestalt, Pflanzendecke und innere Bauart, Volume 2 (in German). Arnold. pp. 331, 363.
11. ^ (in Indonesian) Bengawan Madiun Meluap \- Pojokpitu, Ngawi. 18 Januari 2017.
12. ^ (in Indonesian) Dua Kecamatan di Ngawi Terendam Luapan Air Bengawan Madiun \- Bangsa Online, 02 Maret 2017.
13. ^ (in Indonesian) Sungai Bengawan Madiun Meluap, Jalan Kwadungan-Kendung Terputus \- Kompas, 24 April 2017.
14. ^ (in Indonesian) Hilir Jatim Masuk Siaga Banjir Bengawan Solo \- Madiun Raya, 16 Februari 2017.
15. ^ (in Indonesian) Bikin Heboh! Warga Patihan Temukan Jenglot di Bengawan Madiun \- Madiun Pos, 13 Januari 2016.
16. ^ (in Indonesian) Madiun Mengaku Tak Tahu Soal Izin Wana Wisata Berita Madiun Grape \- Tribun News, 11 April 2017.

## External links

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* Wiratmoko, Y.P.B (2005). Cerita rakyat dari Madiun (Jawa Timur). Seri pendidikan budaya. Grasindo. ISBN 9789797329815. p. 13\. Using Madiun River as background.
* Direktorat Reboisasi dan Rehabilitasi Indonesia (1972). Monografi fisis daerah aliran Sungai Kali Madiun.

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