Makassar Strait is a strait between the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi in Indonesia. To the north it joins the Celebes Sea, while to the south it meets the Java Sea. Simplified diagram A strait is a narrow channel of water that connects two larger bodies of water, and thus lies between two land masses. ... Borneo (including the Kalimantan provinces of Indonesia, Sabah and Sarawak of Malaysia, and Brunei) is the third largest island in the world. ... Flag of same Map of Sulawesi pictures by Julianto Halim Sulawesi (or Celebes) is a large Indonesian island. ... Celebes Sea on its northern border. ... The Java Sea (Jawa Sea) is a large ( 310,000 sq. ...
The Mahakam River of Borneo empties into the strait. The Mahakam River flows 650 km (400 mi) from the highlands of Borneo to its mouth in Makassar Strait. ...
Ports along the strait include Balikpapan on Borneo, and Makassar and Palu on Sulawesi. The city of Samarinda is 48 km (30 mi) from the strait, along the Mahakam. Landscape of Balikpapan City Balikpapan is a city (population 309,234 as of 1990) on the island of Borneo, in Indonesia. ... Makassar, (Macassar, Mangkasar) is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, in Indonesia, on the island of Sulawesi. ... Palu is a city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, located at 0°54′ S 119°50′ E. It is the capital of the province of Central Sulawesi (Sulawesi Tengah). ... Samarinda is the capital of East Kalimantan Province. ...
The sheltered straits form a kind of bottleneck in the surrounding sea, which has led to an abundance of plankton.
This siltybottomed strait therefore doesnt have the same spectacular coral walls of Bunaken but it does mean that the conditions are just right for serious divers to see a menagery of weird and wonderful creatures up close that they rarely, if ever, get to see anywhere else.
Lembeh Strait is a 12 km long stretch of water separating Lembeh Island and the mainland.
The Makassar thermocline depth and transport reflect the phases of ENSO.
The 1997 average MakassarStrait throughflow transport is 9.3 Sv (Sv = 106 m3/sec), assuming the flow in the upper 200 meters equals the flow measured by the current meter moored at 200 m.
The Makassar transport determined from the Arlindo data are at the higher side of estimates based in Timor Sea and Indian ocean studies.
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