Buni River
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| Buni River Cibuni, Tjibuni | |
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| Native name | Ci Buni (Indonesian) |
| Location | |
| Country | Indonesia |
| State | West Java |
| Region | Cianjur Regency, Bandung Regency |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Mount Patuha, West Java, Indonesia |
| • elevation | 2,200 m (7,200 ft) |
| Mouth | Indian Ocean |
• location | Sindangbarang, Indonesia |
• coordinates | 7°26′09″S 106°47′36″E / 7.4359°S 106.7932°E |
• elevation | 1 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| Length | 109 km (68 mi) |
| Basin size | 1,435 km2 (554 sq mi)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | DAS Cibuni (DAS220718)[1] |
| Waterbodies | Situ Patenggang |
| Basin Management Authority | BPDAS Citarum-Ciliwung[1] |
 Southern coast of Java. The mouth of the Cibuni (blue pin) and the location of Patenggang Lake (green pin) in the upper sub-basin in the Patuha valley. | |
Buni River (Indonesian: Ci Buni, Sungai Cibuni) is a river in southern West Java, Indonesia. The 109-km-long river flows in the Bandung and Cianjur regencies, with the upstream at the west slope of Mount Patuha and discharge into the Indian Ocean.[2][3]
The river flows in the southwest area of Java with a predominantly tropical rainforest climate (designated as Af in the Köppen-Geiger climate classification).[4] The annual average temperature in the area is 18 °C. The warmest month is October when the average temperature is around 20 °C, and the coldest is August, at 18 °C.[5] The average annual rainfall is 3766 mm. The wettest month is December, with an average of 570 mm of rainfall, and the driest is September, with 89 mm of rainfall.[6]