Geography


Geographic Position

Malang City is located about 440 - 667 under the sea surface in height and circled by number of mountains:

• Arjuno Mountain in the north side
• Tengger Mountain in the east side
• Kawi Mountain in the west side
• Kelud Mountain in the south side

The Air

Having cool and fresh air also sometimes dry, rainfall about 1.833 mm per year and air humidity about 72%  (the highest temperature is C 32,2 and the lowest is about C 24,13 on July to August).

Geology

Land soil in Malang as follows:

• East side of Malang is upland which is very suitable for industry
• North side of Malang is fertilized upland which is very suitable for farming area
• East side of Malang is unfertilized upland
• West side of Malang is large upland ? best used for education land use

Kinds of Soil

There are 4 kinds of soil in Malang:

• Dark grey alluvial about 6,930,267 Ha.
• Brown mediteran about 1.225.160 Ha.
• Association of brown reddish latosol about 1.942.160 Ha.
• Association of brown and grey humus about 1.765,160 Ha

Soil structure is relatively well-structured, but which needs to be noted more is the usage of andosol soil that is sensitive to landslide. This soil is located in Lowokwaru Sub District with the deviation 15 %.