Rivers Run Through Jakarta
DID you know that there is a 900-square-meter river delta area in the middle of the Ciliwung River? The 109-kilometer long river, which runs from the foot of Mount Pangrango in Bogor to the Bay of Jakarta, is currently in very bad shape. It is polluted and its channel is getting increasingly narrow and shallow. Despite the river's dire conditions, though, various creatures live and survive in the river's delta located in Cilawet village, Depok, West Java.
Tempo
March 3, 2015
DID you know that there is a 900-square-meter river delta area in the middle of the Ciliwung River? The 109-kilometer long river, which runs from the foot of Mount Pangrango in Bogor to the Bay of Jakarta, is currently in very bad shape. It is polluted and its channel is getting increasingly narrow and shallow. Despite the river's dire conditions, though, various creatures live and survive in the river's delta located in Cilawet village, Depok, Wes
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