Sianok Canyon is a steep valley (ravine) which is located in the border town of Bukittinggi, the District IV Koto, Agam regency, West Sumatra.
The valley is long and winding as the boundary line from the southern city of Kota GAdang until the Sianok canyon "Six Tribes", and ended on Palupuh. Sianok canyon has beautiful scenery and became one of the main tourism destination of West Sumatra province.
This chasm which its depth approximately 100 m extends along 15 km with a width of approximately 200 m and is part of the fault that separates the island of Sumatra in half lengthwise (Semangko Fault).
This fault forms a steep wall, even perpendicular and form a green valley - results from the skin down movement of the earth (sinklinal) - which flows through Sianok Stem (Batang Sianok) (stem means the river, in the Minangkabau language) in which the water is clear.
In the Dutch colonial era, the gap is referred to as "sanget" buffalo, because of the large wild ox which lived freely in the bottom of the gorge.
The valley is long and winding as the boundary line from the southern city of Kota GAdang until the Sianok canyon "Six Tribes", and ended on Palupuh. Sianok canyon has beautiful scenery and became one of the main tourism destination of West Sumatra province.
This chasm which its depth approximately 100 m extends along 15 km with a width of approximately 200 m and is part of the fault that separates the island of Sumatra in half lengthwise (Semangko Fault).
This fault forms a steep wall, even perpendicular and form a green valley - results from the skin down movement of the earth (sinklinal) - which flows through Sianok Stem (Batang Sianok) (stem means the river, in the Minangkabau language) in which the water is clear.
In the Dutch colonial era, the gap is referred to as "sanget" buffalo, because of the large wild ox which lived freely in the bottom of the gorge.
Sianok Stem (Batang Sianok) now can be forded with canoe and kayak which is facilitated by a water sports organization "Qurays". The route taken is from the Lembah Village to Sitingkai Batang Palupuh Village for about 3.5 hours. On the edges, we still can find a lot of common plants and rare plants such as Rafflesia and herbs. Fauna that found at here are such as long-tailed monkeys, gibbons, hoop, deer, wild pigs, leopards, and tapir.
Translated from Indonesian Wikipedia
Translated from Indonesian Wikipedia
