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Minangkabau mosque circa 1892–1905 photographed by Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis. The Minangkabau Highlands (Indonesian: Dataran Tinggi Minangkabau, Minang: Minang Darek) is a mountainous area in the province of West Sumatra, located around three mountains—Mount Marapi, Mount Singgalang, and Mount Sago—in west-central Sumatra, Indonesia.
Amazon River near Manaus, Brazil, an example of a lowland river habitat. The generally more turbid, warm, slow-flowing waters and fine sediment beds of lowland rivers encourage fish species with broad temperature tolerances and greater tolerances to low oxygen levels, and life history and breeding strategies adapted to these and other traits of lowland rivers.
Dieng is a name that comes from Old Javanese words: di means "place" and hyang means "ancestors" or "gods", literally "Dihyang" means "place of the ancestors" or "place where the gods reside". [5]
Bukittinggi (Minangkabau: Bukiktinggi, Jawi: بوكيت تيڠڬي, formerly Dutch: Fort de Kock) is the third largest city in West Sumatra, Indonesia, with a population of 111,312 in 2010 [4] and 121,028 in 2020. [5]
Tebing Tinggi is a town and administrative district (kecamatan) in Empat Lawang Regency, of South Sumatra province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of Empat Lawang Regency. The total area of Tebing Tinggi District is 362.93 km 2 (140.13 sq mi). [2] and it had a population of 71,060 according to the official estimate as at mid 2023. [1]
Lamandau Regency (Indonesian: Kabupaten Lamandau) is a regency of Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia. The regency was created in 2002 from the northwestern parts of West Kotawaringin Regency.
Tebing Tinggi Island (also Rantau) is an island off the north east coast of Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, located in the Strait of Malacca. It is located in the Meranti Islands Regency, and is directly east of Padang Island and directly south of Rangsang Island. [1] [2] The area is 1,600.06 km 2.
Andersen's most recognized work has been on volcanoes in Indonesia, where he has documented volcanic eruptions since 2008. [2] His documentary photography and observations on volcanoes include Merapi, [3] The Tengger Caldera, [4] Tangkuban Perahu, [5] Dieng Volcanic Complex [6] and Anak Krakatau.