List of rivers of Indonesia
This is a list of rivers in Indonesia .[ 1]
By island
This list is arranged by island in alphabetical order, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
The largest primary rivers on the island of Buru [ 2] [ 3]
Below are the rivers in the Indonesian territory of Borneo (Kalimantan )
By province
This clickable map shows province of Indonesia as of 25 October 2012. Click on a province name to go to its list of rivers.
Runoff by region
Region
Area
Runoff
km2
%
km3
%
Bali and Tenggara
72,890.97
3.8
60
1.9
Java
125,124.786
6.6
187
5.9
Kalimantan
536,799.26
28.2
1,008
31.2
Papua and Maluku
499,240.754
26.2
981
30.5
Sulawesi
188,437.99
9.9
247
7.6
Sumatra
482,075.24
25.3
738
22.9
Indonesia
1,904,569
100.0
3,221
100.0
[ 4]
Major rivers by Indonesia
River
Island
Length (km)
Drainage area (km²)
Average discharge (m3 /s)
Outflow
Kapuas
Borneo
1,143
94,456.9
6,260.1
South China Sea
Sepik *
New Guinea
1,126
80,386.2
5,000
Bismarck Sea
Mamberamo
New Guinea
1,112
78,956.9
5,173.5
Pacific Ocean
Barito
Borneo
1,090
78,631.7
4,514
Java Sea
Fly *
New Guinea
1,060
73,809.3
6,500
Gulf of Papua
Mahakam
Borneo
980
77,095.5
4,278
Macassar Strait
Digul
New Guinea
853
42,142.6
3,332.7
Arafura Sea
Batang Hari
Sumatra
800
46,504
2,819
South China Sea
Musi
Sumatra
759
59,942
3,211.2
South China Sea
Kahayan
Borneo
658
16,062.7
1,046.3
Java Sea
Mendawai
Borneo
616
19,559
1,135.3
Java Sea
Bengawan Solo
Java
600
15,296
693
Java Sea
Bian
New Guinea
580.6
8,044.3
392
Arafura Sea
Kampar
Sumatra
580
24,548
1,351.2
South China Sea
Kayan
Borneo
576
33,171.8
2,463.4
Celebes Sea
Eilanden
New Guinea
569.4
37,164
3,133
Arafura Sea
Indragiri
Sumatra
500
22,758
1,339
South China Sea
Barumun
Sumatra
440
13,414
824.5
Malacca Strait
Maro
New Guinea
383
6,220
262.4
Arafura Sea
Momats
New Guinea
380
6,767.2
491.6
Arafura Sea
Siak
Sumatra
370
11,214
684
Malacca Strait
Sembakung
Borneo
352
9,350
563.4
Celebes Sea
Rokan
Sumatra
350
20,189
1,506
Malacca Strait
Seruyan
Borneo
350
13,329
825.6
Java Sea
Sampara
Sulawesi
341
6,978.4
222.03
Banda Sea
Kamundan
New Guinea
340.6
5,640.4
386.6
Ceram Sea
Brantas
Java
320
11,973
612
Bali Sea
Singkil
Sumatra
316
10,090
642
Indian Ocean
Derewo
New Guinea
304.3
4,334.2
317.2
Pacific Ocean
Kumbe
New Guinea
300.4
3 765.9
131
Arafura Sea
Berau
Borneo
300
16,993
902.8
Celebes Sea
Kotawaringin
Borneo
300
13,896
892.5
Java Sea
Sesayap
Borneo
279
18,158
1,275.4
Celebes Sea
Lasolo
Sulawesi
277
6,002
213.9
Banda Sea
Lorentz
New Guinea
276.8
3,962.3
380
Arafura Sea
Sampit
Borneo
270
14,745
866.6
Java Sea
Citarum
Java
269
6,614
423
Java Sea
Walanae
Sulawesi
250
7,380
275.1
Banda Sea
Seputih
Sumatra
249
7,072
300
Java Sea
Lariang
Sulawesi
245
7,069
299.3
Macassar Strait
Wiriagar
New Guinea
238.3
3,763.6
239.2
Ceram Sea
Apauwar
New Guinea
233.3
3,043.9
257.6
Pacific Ocean
Sambas
Borneo
233
7,964.9
537.8
South China Sea
Banyuasin
Sumatra
220
13,302
763
South China Sea
Mesuji
Sumatra
220
6,529
311
Java Sea
Wapoga
New Guinea
214.2
5,096
429.6
Pacific Ocean
Pawan
Borneo
197
11,508
973.2
South China Sea
Serayu
Java
181
4,375
441.19
Indian Ocean
Citanduy
Java
178
3,704
325
Indian Ocean
Cimanuk
Java
170
3,646
249.9
Java Sea
Sebangau
Borneo
167
4,303.4
193.3
Java Sea
Omba
New Guinea
157.3
5,360
381.2
Banda Sea
Siriwo
New Guinea
150.9
4,013
330.8
Pacific Ocean
Sebyar
New Guinea
150
6,272.1
348
Ceram Sea
Sadang
Sulawesi
150
6,466.3
265.3
Macassar Strait
Karama
Sulawesi
150
5,530.9
280.9
Macassar Strait
Uta
New Guinea
147.3
4,170.3
328.4
Arafura Sea
Asahan
Sumatra
147
7,225.5
291.2
Malacca Strait
Tulang Bwang
Sumatra
136
9,711
476.8
Java Sea
Jelai
Borneo
135
6,477.7
393.4
South China Sea
Karabra
New Guinea
132.6
3,986
290
Ceram Sea
Benain
Timor
132
3,158
46.5
Timor Sea
Bongka
Sulawesi
122
3,085
132.8
Molucca Sea
Larona
Sulawesi
120
4,600
264.9
Banda Sea
Poso
Sulawesi
100
2,673.4
119.9
Molucca Sea
Laa
Sulawesi
96.3
2,875.6
166.5
Banda Sea
Palu
Sulawesi
90
2,694
103.5
Macassar Strait
Muturi
New Guinea
87.2
3,660.1
287.3
Ceram Sea
Sissa
Flores
87
1,230
55.5
Flores Sea
Kaloena
Sulawesi
85
1,476.5
104
Banda Sea
Waeapo
Buru
80
1,891.4
65.3
Banda Sea
Ayung
Bali
68.5
300.84
11
Bali Sea
Source[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8] [ 9] [ 10] [ 11]
* Total basin.
Rainfall, runoff
River
Rainfall (mm)
Runoff (mm)
(%)
River
Rainfall (mm)
Runoff (mm)
(%)
Apauwar
Mahakam
3,163
1,911
60.4
Asahan
2,950
1,271
43.1
Mamberamo
3,578
2,406
67.2
Ayung
2,587
1,153
44.6
Maro
2,002
804
40.2
Banyuasin
2,579
1,809
70.1
Mentaya
2,991
1,854
62
Barito
3,000
1,810
60.4
Mesuji
3,248
1,502
46.3
Barumun
2,801
1,938
69.1
Momats
4,466
2,475
55.4
Batang Hari
3,183
1,912
60.1
Musi
2,800
1,689
60.3
Bengawan Solo
2,100
1,429
68
Muturi
3,835
2,475
64.6
Benain
1,760
464
26.4
Omba
Berau
2,900
1,676
57.8
Palu
2,092
1,211
57.9
Bian
2,317
1,236
53.3
Pawan
3,702
2,667
72
Bongka
2,929
1,358
46.4
Poso
2,715
1,414
52.1
Brantas
2,952
1,612
54.1
Rokan
3,766
2,352
62.5
Cimanuk
2,465
1,722
69.9
Sadang
2,500
1,294
51.8
Citanduy
3,547
2,767
78
Sambas
3,542
2,129
60.1
Citarum
2,646
2,017
76.2
Sampara
2,926
1,003
34.3
Derewo
4,168
2,308
55.4
Sebangau
Digul
3,732
2,494
66.8
Sebyar
3,744
1,750
46.7
Eilanden
3,970
2,659
67
Sembakung
4,020
1,900
47.3
Fly
4,588
2,704
60.5
Sepik
3,390
2,116
62.4
Indragiri
2,757
1,856
67.3
Seputih
3,176
1,338
42.1
Jelai
2,760
1,915
69.4
Serayu
3,897
3,180
81.6
Kahayan
3,400
2,054
60.4
Seruyan
3,118
1,953
62.7
Kaloena
4,176
2,221
53.2
Sesayap
4,020
2,215
55.1
Kampar
2,667
1,757
65.9
Siak
2,673
1,924
72
Kamundan
3,744
2,162
57.7
Singkil
Karabra
Siriwo
3,967
2,600
65.5
Karama
2,863
1,601
55.9
Sissa
1,686
1,423
84.4
Katingan
2,991
1,831
61.2
Tulangbawang
3,248
1,548
47.7
Kayan
3,957
2,437
61.6
Uta
Kotawaringin
2,778
2,026
72.9
Waeapo
Kumbe
1,951
932
47.8
Walanae
2,550
1,160
45.5
Laa
Wapoga
3,534
2,659
75.2
Lariang
2,500
1,335
53.4
Wiriagar
3,744
2,004
53.5
Larona
Kapuas
3,666
2,339
63.8
Lasolo
2,495
1,138
45.6
Lorentz
4,238
2,875
67.8
Indonesia
2,702
1,691
62.6
[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 10] [ 11]
Discharge
River
Average discharge (m3 /s)
Normal dry year
Normal wet year
Multi-annual
Kapuas
5,600
7,803
6,260.1
Mamberamo
4,110
6,358
5,173.5
Fly
3,870
8,000
6,500
Sepik
3,700
7,000
5,000
Barito
3,700
5,497
4,514
Mahakam
3,000
5,953
4,278
Digul
2,760
3,867
3,332.7
Musi
2,482
3,961
3,211.2
Eilanden
2,084
3,783
3,133
Batang Hari
1,485
2,819
Kayan
1,254
2,463.4
Kampar
1,054
2,063
1,351.2
Katingan
734
1,414
1,135.3
Kahayan
706
1,178.4
1,046.3
Indragiri
591
1,339
Mentaya
514
1,064.4
866.6
Bengawan Solo
463
962
693
Brantas
446
612
Berau
394
902.8
Seruyan
1,216
825.6
Pawan
1,215
973.2
[ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 10] [ 8] [ 9] [ 11]
See also
Notes and references
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^ "Palau & East Indonesia" .
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^ Buku Tahunan Sda . 2011.
^ a b c "Kalimantan-Borneo" .
^ a b c "Papua New Guinea" .
^ a b c "Sumatra" .
^ a b Rendy, Firmansyah. "Grafik Neraca Air Pulau Papua" .
^ a b Ting-Hsuan, Huang; Chen-Tung, Arthur Chen; Hsiao-Chun, Tseng; Jiann-Yuh, Lou; Shu Lun, Wang; Liyang, Yang; Selvaraj, Kandasamy; Xuelu, Gao; Jough-Tai, Wang; Edvin, Aldrian; G.S., Jacinto; Gusti Z., Anshari; Penjai, Sompongchaiyakul; B.J., Wang (May 2017). "Riverine carbon fluxes to the South China Sea: Riverine carbon fluxes to the SCS" . Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences . 122 (5): 1239– 1259. doi :10.1002/2016JG003701 . S2CID 135024272 .
^ a b c "Java-Timor-Sulawesi" .
^ a b c Chikamori, Hidetaka; Liu, Heng; Daniell, Trevor (2012). Catalogue of rivers for Southeast Asia and the Pacific, vol. VI .
Sources
Sumatra Java Kalimantan Sulawesi Lesser Sunda Islands
Bali : Ayung , Sungi , Telaga Waja
Lombok : Babak , Dodokan , Jangkok
Flores : Sissa , Wera
Sumbawa : Brang Biji , Moyo
Sumba : Kadassa , Kadumbul , Kambaniru , Melolo , Polapare
West Timor : Benanain , Mina , Noel Besi , Pono
Maluku Western Papua