Krukut River
| Krukut River (Kali Krukut) | |
| Kali Cideng, Kali Krukut Satu, Kali Kroekoet, Kali Kruukut, Sungai Krukut |
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 Krukut River ("K. Krukut"), lower left in the map of rivers and canals of Jakarta (2012)
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| Country |  Indonesia |
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| State | Jakarta |
| Elevation | 1 m (3 ft) |
| Source | |
| - location | Depok, West Java |
| Mouth | Banjir Kanal Barat, Ci Liwung |
| - coordinates | 6°11′59″S 106°48′41″E / 6.1998°S 106.8113°ECoordinates: 6°11′59″S 106°48′41″E / 6.1998°S 106.8113°E |
| Length | 31.39 km (20 mi) |
| Timezone | IWST (UTC+7) |
Krukut River is a river flowing in Jakarta from a source in Bogor Regency. In the past the river was clean and one of the tourist attractions during the Dutch East Indies administration, but due to denser housing on the banks and lack of maintenance, the water turned dark and filled with trash, causing routine flooding in rainy seasons.
"Krukut" is a name of a neighborhood in the district of Taman Sari, West Jakarta, located between two rivers: Ci Liwung and Cideng (later known as "Kali Krukut"). Old tales give multiple versions of the etymology of the name. It may originate from the word "krokot" in Betawi language, denoting a "very frugal" lifestyle, which was applied to a community of Arab people living in the area, as "Arab Krukut", until this day. Another version refers to the Dutch word "kerkhof" (meaning "cemetery"), which was transliterated in Betawi tongue as "Krukut", which points to many cemeteries for local Betawi people around this area in the past.
Krukut river has the upstream at Situ Citayam, Depok, West Java, and today it ends near Karet area, merging into "Banjir Kanal Barat", with a total length of 84.4 kilometer, of which about 30 kilometer is the main river. The downstream of Krukut river has caused severe flooding in Jakarta since 1890. The intermittent widening, digging and straightening of the flow in the decades managed to partially tame some parts. However, in August 2016, the luxurious and also iconic area of South Jakarta, Kemang, was swamped by the overflow of Krukut, after some protecting walls were damaged due to unprecedented high debits. Other incidents were regularly reported from Kebalen to Pondok Labu in South Jakarta.
In early 1970s, the width of Krukut was about 25 meter, and deeper than normal human height. Its flow was a source of irrigation for rice fields and fish farming. No housing was allowed to built as this was a designated water flow area. However, since then many buildings were illegally erected along the banks, and the people threws household trash in the river, that even after the cleaning in 2017, the width of Krukut became as narrow as 1.5 meter in some points (according to Iskandar, the head of Balai Besar Wilayah Sungai Ciliwung-Cisadane/BBWSCC).
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