{{Short description|River in Jakarta, Indonesia}} {{Infobox river | name = Sunter River | name_native = {{native name|id|Kali Sunter}} | name_other = Kali Sindang | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Map of rivers and canals in Jakarta 2012.jpg | image_size = | image_caption = Sunter River ("''K. Sunter''"), lower right in the map of rivers and canals of Jakarta (2012) | map = | map_size = 285 | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_size = 285 | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Indonesia | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name2 = Jakarta | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = | source1_location = | source1_coordinates= | source1_elevation = | mouth = Jakarta Bay | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|-6.1078|106.9067|type:river_region:ID|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }} The '''Sunter River''' or ''Kali Sunter'' is a river that flows in the eastern part of Jakarta, Indonesia.<ref>[https://www.geonames.org/1958944/kali-sunter.html Kali Sunter] - Geonames.org.</ref><ref>{{cite book |title = Banjir Ibukota: Tinjauan Historis Dan Pandangan Ke Depan: Serangkaian Pemikiran Strategi Terpadu Jangka Panjang |first = Abdoel Raoef|last = Soehoed |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=e3baAAAAMAAJ&q=sunter |publisher = Djambatan |year = 2002 |id = {{ISBN|978-979-428-449-0}}, 9794284491 |page = 30 }}</ref> The river is about 37 km long and has 73,184,092 m2 of river basin. Neighborhoods along the Kali Sunter are very densely populated and prone to frequent flooding.
==Geography== The river flows in the northwest area of Java with predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as ''Af'' in the Köppen–Geiger climate classification).<ref name = "koppen">{{Cite journal | title = Updated world map of the Köppen-Geiger climate classification| url = http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/11/1633/2007/hess-11-1633-2007.html| year = 2007| journal = Hydrology and Earth System Sciences| volume = 11 <!--sid = 1633-1644-->| date =<!-- 01/30/2016-->| doi = 10.5194/hess-11-1633-2007| first1 =M C| first2 = B L| first3 = T A| last1 = Peel| last2 = Finlayson| last3 =McMahon| doi-access = free}}</ref> The annual average temperature in the area is 26 °C. The warmest month is August, when the average temperature is around 28 °C, and the coldest is April, at 24 °C.<ref name = "nasa">{{Cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/dataset_index.php|title = NASA Earth Observations Data Set Index|date =30 January 2016 | publisher = NASA}}</ref> The average annual rainfall is 3674 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 456 mm rainfall, and the driest is September, with 87 mm rainfall.<ref name = "nasarain">{{Cite web |url= http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/view.php?datasetId=TRMM_3B43M&year=2014|title = NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)| date =30 January 2016 |publisher = NASA/Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission}}</ref>
== Normalisation == The river is one of the 13 rivers that flows through Jakarta. It is currently undergoing embankment installation and river normalization. The length of embankment is 18.35 km, that is, from the bridge of the East Flood Canal meeting in Cipinang Melayu to the Delta Bridge in Jakasampurna, West Bekasi.<ref name="Bisnis">{{cite web | title = Perampungan Proyek Sungai Pasanggrahan, Angke Dan Sunter Molor | first = Oktaviano DB | last = Hana | url = http://industri.bisnis.com/read/20130812/45/156254/perampungan-proyek-sungai-pasanggrahan-angke-dan-sunter-molor | date = 2013-08-12 | website = Bisnis.com | others = Copyright © 2014 by Bisnis Indonesia | accessdate = 2017-07-07 }}</ref>
==See also==
* List of drainage basins of Indonesia
*Sunter, Jakarta *Jakarta Flood Canal
== References == {{Reflist}} {{Portal|Indonesia|Jakarta}} {{Rivers of Java}}
Category:Rivers of Jakarta Category:Rivers of West Java Category:Sunter basin