Brantas River

Brantas River
Kali Brantas, Sungai Brantas
Brantas river, Kediri regency.
Brantas River is located in Java
Brantas River
Location of river mouth
Brantas River is located in Indonesia
Brantas River
Brantas River (Indonesia)
Location
Country Indonesia
ProvinceEast Java
Physical characteristics
SourceArjuno-Welirang
Mouth 
 • location
Madura Strait
Length320 km (200 mi)
Basin size11,900 km2 (4,600 sq mi)[1]
Discharge 
 • locationNear mouth
 • average579 m3/s (20,400 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River systemBrantas Basin (DAS220228)[1]
Lithography of Brantas river based on the painting by Abraham Salm (1865-1872)
Brantas river before 1940

The Brantas is the longest river in East Java, Indonesia.[2] It has a length of 320 km,[3] and drains an area of over 11,000 km2 from the southern slope of Mount Kawi-Kelud-Butak, Mount Wilis, and the northern slopes of Mount Liman-Limas, Mount Welirang, and Mount Anjasmoro.[4] Its course is semi-circular or spiral in shape: at its source, the river heads southeast, but gradually curves south, then southwest, west, then north, and finally it flows generally eastward at the point where it branches off to become the Kalimas and Porong River.

  1. ^ a b "Keputusan Menteri Kehutanan Nomor SK.511/MENHUT-V/2011 Tahun 2011 - Pusat Data Hukumonline".
  2. ^ Kali Brantas at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
  3. ^ Ramu, Kikkeri (December 2004). "Brantas River Basin Case Study, Indonesia" (PDF). Background Paper. Worldbank. p. 36.
  4. ^ Whitten, T; Soeriaatmadja, R. E.; Suraya A. A. (1996). The Ecology of Java and Bali. Hong Kong: Periplus Editions Ltd. p. 132.