Sungi River

The Sungi River is a river on Bali, Indonesia.[2][3] Its source is located in the mountainous area in the central-northern part of Bali. It flows through the ancient site of Mengwi and enters the sea to the west of Kerobokan Kelod on the southern coast.[4]

Sungi River Sungai Sungi
Native name	Tukad Sungi
Location
Country	Indonesia
State	Bali
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Yeh Sungi[1]
• location	Badung Regency
• elevation	6 m (20 ft)

Yeh Sungi

Tukad Sungi

Sungi River source and mouth in Bali

The Sungi River forms most of the eastern boundary of the Tabanan Regency and provides irrigation water for 4,200 ha of sawah (rice paddies) within one regency (kabupaten) alone.

History

The first King of Mengwi, the Lord of Balayu, built a dam over the Sungi River.[5] According to Henk Schulte Nordholt, this dam was very important for the economy along the river bank, providing needed irrigation for the people to prosper.[4]

Geography

The river flows in the middle to the south of Bali with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[6] The annual average temperature in the area is 24 °C. The warmest month is October, when the average temperature is around 25 °C, and the coldest is July, at 22 °C.[7] The average annual rainfall is 2123 mm. The wettest month is January, with an average of 569 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 23 mm rainfall.[8]

Sungi River
Climate chart (explanation)
J F M A M J J A S O N D     569     27 21     257     26 22     255     26 22     117     26 22     127     27 21     98     26 21     86     25 19     24     25 19     23     27 20     30     29 21     173     28 21     365     27 21 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [7]
Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     22     81 70     10     79 72     10     79 72     4.6     79 72     5     81 70     3.9     79 70     3.4     77 66     0.9     77 66     0.9     81 68     1.2     84 70     6.8     82 70     14     81 70 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

See also

• List of bodies of water in Bali
• List of rivers of Indonesia
• List of rivers of Lesser Sunda Islands

References

1. Yeh Sungi at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
2. Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.
3. Tukad Sungi at Geonames.org (cc-by); Last updated 17 January 2012; Database dump downloaded 27 November 2015
4. J. Stephen Lansing, Murray P. Cox, Sean S. Downey, Marco A. Janssen and John W. Schoenfelder (2009). "A robust budding model of Balinese water temple networks". World Archaeology. 41: 112–133. doi:10.1080/00438240802668198. S2CID 4821372.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
5. Nordholt, Henk Schulte (1996). The Spell of Power: A History of Balinese Politics, 1650–1940. KITLV Press. p. 58. ISBN 90-6718-090-4.
6. 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.
7. "NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index". NASA. 30 January 2016.
8. "NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month – TRMM)". NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission. 30 January 2016.