Mookervaart River

Mookervaart River
Kali Mookervaart, Sungai Mookervaart
Mookervaart River ("K. Mookervaart"), upper left in the map of rivers and canals of Jakarta (2012)
Native nameSungai Mokervart (Indonesian)
Location
CountryIndonesia
StateJakarta
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationCisadane
 • coordinates6°10′04″S 106°38′06″E / 6.167708°S 106.634897°E / -6.167708; 106.634897
MouthAngke River
 • coordinates
6°09′36″S 106°46′00″E / 6.159966°S 106.766633°E / -6.159966; 106.766633
Length13 km (8.1 mi)

The Mookervaart River (Mookervaart Canal; also written in Indonesian as Mokervart) is a canal connecting the Cisadane River in Tangerang and Kali Angke (Angke River) in Jakarta.[1][2] Constructed from 1678 to 1689, this 25–30 meter wide channel is one of the important flood control water channels in Jakarta.[3]

Mookervaart Canal passes through Cengkareng Subdistrict.
  1. ^ Mookervaart - Mapcarta.
  2. ^ Mookervaart - Geonames.org.
  3. ^ Jan Kop, Wim Ravesteijn, Kasper Kop. Irrigation Revisited: An anthology of Indonesian-Dutch cooperation 1965-2014. Eburon Uitgeverij B.V., 2015. pp. 307-309. ISBN 9789463010283