Riau

Riau, is an area of Indonesia. It is situated in the focal eastern shore of Sumatra along the Strait of Malacca. Until 2004 the area incorporated the seaward Riau Islands, a huge gathering of little islands of which the central islands are Batam and Bintan found east of Sumatra Island and south of Singapore, before these islands were divided from as Riau Islands Province in July 2004. The commonplace capital of Riau Province and its biggest city is Pekanbaru. Other significant urban communities incorporate Dumai, Selat Panjang, Bagansiapiapi, Bengkalis, Bangkinang, Rengat and Siak Sri Indrapura. The territory shares arrive fringes with North Sumatra toward the northwest, West Sumatra toward the west, and Jambi toward the south.

The aggregate zone for Riau area is 87,023.66 km², which extends from the inclines of the Bukit Barisan to the Strait of Malacca. Riau has a wet tropical atmosphere with normal precipitation going between 2000-3000 millimeters for every year, and the normal precipitation every year is around 160 days. Riau is as of now one of the most extravagant regions in Indonesia and is wealthy in common assets, especially oil, gaseous petrol, elastic, palm oil and fiber estates. Broad logging and estate advancement in has prompted a monstrous decrease in backwoods cover Riau, and related flames have added to murkiness over the bigger locale.