Jeneberang River

The Jeneberang (Indonesian: Sungai Jeneberang) (Historical Name : Garassi River) is a river of approximately 75 km in length in the south-western half of the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia.[1] The catchment has an area of 760 square kilometers.[1][2]

Jeneberang River Sungai Jeneberang, Jene Berang, River Gowa, Djene Berang, Soengai Beerang
Location of river mouth Jeneberang River (Indonesia)
Location
Country	Indonesia
State	South Sulawesi
Physical characteristics
Source	Mount Bawakaraeng
• elevation	2.833 m (9 ft 3.5 in)
Mouth	Makassar Strait
Length	80 km (50 mi)
Basin size	860 km^2 (330 sq mi)

Hydrology

Bili-Bili Dam in South Sulawesi

The river rises near the 2833 meter high mountain Mount Bawakaraeng and runs through the districts of Gowa and Takalar up to the port city of Makassar, flowing into the Makassar Strait.[1] The river has flooded the city regularly, notably in 1976.[1]

Approximately 40 km downstream is located is the 73 metre high Bili-Bili Dam, completed in 1999 with an internal volume of 380 million cubic meters.[1]

On 26 March 2004 a landslide occurred in the upper reaches of the Jeneberang, killing 32 people.[3] On 22 January 2019, the river overflowed due to heavy rain, causing a flood that killed dozens.[4]

Geography

The river flows in the southwest area of Sulawesi with predominantly tropical monsoon climate (designated as Am in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[5] The annual average temperature in the area is 25 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is February, at 22 °C.[6] The average annual rainfall is 2750 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 671 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 10 mm rainfall.[7]

Jene Berang
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     671     24 22     356     25 20     343     24 21     246     27 23     180     29 22     151     29 22     96     28 21     17     32 21     10     35 22     47     35 22     172     30 22     463     26 23 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [6]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     26     75 72     14     77 68     14     75 70     9.7     81 73     7.1     84 72     5.9     84 72     3.8     82 70     0.7     90 70     0.4     95 72     1.9     95 72     6.8     86 72     18     79 73 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Sulawesi

References

1. "Microsoft Word - country paper- INO- Jeneberang.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
2. Jene Berang at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 2013-06-04; Database dump downloaded 2015-11-27
3. "www.sabo-int.org". www.sabo-int.org. Retrieved 2010-06-23.
4. "6 killed, 10 missing in Indonesian flood - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Xinhua. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
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. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
6. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
7. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.

External links

• (in Indonesian) Wilayah Administrasi BBWS Pompengan Jeneberang
• (in Indonesian) Geologi DAS Jeneberang
• Najamuddin, Prartono T, Sanusi HS, Nurjaya IW. Seasonal distribution and geochemical fractionation of heavy metals from surface sediment in a tropical estuary of Jeneberang River, Indonesia. Mar Pollut Bull. 2016 Oct 15;111(1-2):456-462. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.106. Epub 2016 Jul 4.