Mount Sumbing

including Mounts Slamet, Sindoro, Sumbing, and Merbabu. A discontinuous series of plateaus flanks the widely spaced volcanic peaks and merges with the foothills and coastal lowlands (the latter as much as 20 miles [30 km] wide) to the north and south. The major streams include the Bodri and Serang,…

… (9,623 feet [2,933 metres]) and Mount Sumbing (8,228 feet [2,508 metres]). Mangroves are found in the estuaries and along the tidal rivers in the east. The principal waterway is the Batanghari River, which is navigable for deep-draft vessels from the city of Jambi to the sea (about 50 miles [80…

There are fine views of Mount Sumbing (11,060 feet [3,371 metres]), an active volcano that contains an archaeologically interesting grave site. The pyramidal Buddhist “temple-mountain” of Borobudur, rising 100 feet (30 metres) above the base, is just south of Magelang; built about 800 ce, it consists of a series of…