ABSTRACT
Citarum River is one of the largest rivers in West Java, Indonesia. With a length of 297 km, it transfers the debris from the urban area, industry, and settlement to the ocean. This research aims to explore Marine Debris (MD) trajectories from two estuaries in Jakarta Bay. The method was included lagrangian particles with ocean currents, wind, and bathymetry conditions using GNOME software. There were three classes of simulation done in this research. MD observations were conducted in mangrove areas to validate the simulations. These simulations occurred during the northwest and southeast Monsoon period. The results showed that the debris trajectory patterns vary in the two monsoons, and waste from the two estuaries flow towards the south and southwest. In NWM, more waste moved further to the south and was stranded in the surrounding coastal areas. In SEM, waste moved towards the Jakarta bay and surrounding islands in the western and southern side of the estuaries. MD, especially the ones from Jaya estuary, affect other areas.
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