About Bali Island

Balinese Dancer

Bali is one of the 13,667 islands of Indonesia, the largest archipelago in the world. It is located 8 degrees south of the equator, is to separate the island of Java by a strait from Bali, Lombok is an island nearby, and take two hours per jet powered sea shuttle crossing the Strait of Lombok. Bali sea border in the north and the Indian Ocean to the south. Total area of ​​Bali is 5632 km square. There are about 14 and two volcanoes, which stretches from east to west of the island with Batukaru Mountain (2240 ​​m) to the west, Batur volcano (1717 m) in the center, and Agung volcano (3142 m) to the east. This link mountain divides the island into two plains, the north and south. The north is much narrower than the south. In the north of Bali, the coast is swampy in the west, alternately sandy and full of pebbles and rocks in the center to the east.

To the northwest of Bali is mountainous and dry, so there is no culture of upland rice is possible, but this place was the island of Menjangan, the best place for diving. East of Bali, in coastal areas is so dry, so people have to go miles of water. The southern tip of the island is as dry as there is no river that due to the peninsula of limestone, but thousands of teak trees growing there. The central part of the island is more fertile, like all tropical plants, including fruits, spices, rice and grow there. The dominant feature of the landscape is terraced rice field, the region is called the rice belt of the island, and almost 80% living in this part and work as farmers.
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