Information about the Mentawai culture, tourism, flora and fauna
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Thursday, October 12, 2006
• GEOGRAPHY
These four island that build Mentawai Island ; Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai and South Pagai which stand a 85-135 KM from west Beach of West Sumatera, between 00 55 3 20 LS and 98 31 100 40 BT and width of land 7.000 LM2 (Siberut : 4.480 KM2, Sipora : 845 KM2 and Pagai Island 1.675 KM2). The center of this island is Tuapejat that stand in Sipora Island.
• TOPOGRAPHY
Mentawai is a sedimentary island that fulls of mud, clay with chalk that still young relatively. The highest of rainfall is on April (290 mm) and October (390 mm) but lowdry rainfall is on February (220 mm), June (220 mm).
Other geology process that still happen is precipitation along the Easth Beach that similar with the ocean arround Mentawai, this precipitation process pointed wioth beach line that not same each other, has bay, foreland, small island and reef beaches. But west beach is more diametrical, wide sand, big wave and few reefs.
These four island that build Mentawai Island ; Siberut, Sipora, North Pagai and South Pagai which stand a 85-135 KM from west Beach of West Sumatera, between 00 55 3 20 LS and 98 31 100 40 BT and width of land 7.000 LM2 (Siberut : 4.480 KM2, Sipora : 845 KM2 and Pagai Island 1.675 KM2). The center of this island is Tuapejat that stand in Sipora Island.
• TOPOGRAPHY
Mentawai is a sedimentary island that fulls of mud, clay with chalk that still young relatively. The highest of rainfall is on April (290 mm) and October (390 mm) but lowdry rainfall is on February (220 mm), June (220 mm).
Other geology process that still happen is precipitation along the Easth Beach that similar with the ocean arround Mentawai, this precipitation process pointed wioth beach line that not same each other, has bay, foreland, small island and reef beaches. But west beach is more diametrical, wide sand, big wave and few reefs.
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