Friday, August 21, 2009

Gede and Papandayan Mountain




Mount Gede 

Gede volcano located near the mountain Pangrango, which both form a twin volcano. Mount Pangrango age and older now does not show any activity vulkanik. Highest mountain of Gede 2958 m above sea level. The location is located in the district of Bogor, Cianjur and Sukabumi. Geographic position of this volcano is 6 ° 47 'south latitude and 106 ° 59' east longitude. Body formed by the mountains of spices erupsi explosive and efusif form vulkanik bombs, lapilli, sand and dust, clouds, hot lava leleran and then build the cone, make a volcano is classified in this type of volcanic layers or strato. 

At the peak of the volcano there are 7 (seven) that is the fruit crater crater Gumuruh, Gede, Sela, Queen, New Wadon and craters. Overall Gede crater mountain horseshoe-shaped and open lower sections in the north-northwest. 
Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango included in the reserve area "Cibodas - Gunung Gede", so that the forest in this area are not permitted to be destructed. 

Mount Papandayan 

Papandayan this mountain complex formed by 2 volcanoes fruit body in the north, there are mountains Puntang Old. The western part of the mountain is conical terpancung formed by lava flow, the peak form of the crater is relatively flat until the wave is weak, the former Old Puntang mountain activities. Terpancung on the cone, cone-shaped mountain peak form Puntang the form that is still good and formed by lava flow, is limited by river valleys that mengelilinginya, among others Cibeureum Gede headwaters and upstream Cidayeuh. 

Papandayan mountain complex is limited by the bottom of the foot of the mountain berelief fine and coarse, scattered in the area Cileuleuy Cibutarna, ranging from Bayongbong to Arjuna in the region. 

Berelief smooth legs occupy the eastern part of the sea and the mountains south Papandayan, spread Bayongbong start, Cisurupan, Cikajang, to Cikandangunung in the region, characterized by the slope of sloping hillside, the form of a U-shaped river valleys with a dendritic pattern of the flow of rivers. Forming a lava rock, stream sediment piroklastika, piroklastika fall, lava and sediment deposition guguran rubble mountain. Penutupnya vegetation is dominated by tea plantations, pesawahan, fields, pine forests and natural forests.

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